Tarantool development patches archive
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [Tarantool-patches] [PATCH luajit] perf: add helper for benchmark results comparison
@ 2026-08-26 14:34 Sergey Kaplun via Tarantool-patches
  2026-08-27  9:34 ` Evgeniy Temirgaleev via Tarantool-patches
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sergey Kaplun via Tarantool-patches @ 2026-08-26 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sergey Bronnikov, Evgeniy Temirgaleev; +Cc: tarantool-patches

This patch adds the helper, which is similar to the Google-benchmark
compare.py script [1]. Nevertheless, it has the following semantic
changes:

* compare.py compares the absolute time of the benchmark, which may lead
  to confusion when the time is autotuned to be sure that the benchmark
  runs the minimum required time amount. Hence, this script compares the
  items_per_second metric to check the performance difference even for
  the same absolute times of the benchmarks.
* compare.py compares only 2 files, while this script allows comparing
  directories filled with the same benchmarks (checks intersection with
  warning of unmatched benchmarks), which allows to see the full
  statistic of the patch for the suite.
* This helper doesn't allow running the benchmarks to compare. It
  proceeds only with the given results.
* There is no support for U test.
* --alpha flag allows setting the relative difference threshold from
  which results are considered as changed, instead of the p-value for
  U test.
* The geomean of the benchmarks can be hidden by the flag
  --hide_aggregates, -i.
* The output may be filtered to contain only changed benchmarks by the
  option --changes_only, -c.

For more details, see help in the script.

[1]: https://github.com/google/benchmark/blob/267a11154f14269384879dc7f6b8d25acb3684db/tools/compare.py
---

Branch: https://github.com/tarantool/luajit/tree/skaplun/gh-noticket-perf-compare
Side note: CI is red due to the known Tarantool metrics issue.

The example of the output (comparing master with this [2] patch
applied):

| $ luajit perf/helpers/compare.lua --alpha=0.05 -c ../bench/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches ../gc64-benchmarks-patched/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches
| Comparing ../bench/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/chameneos.json to ../gc64-benchmarks-patched/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/chameneos.json
| Benchmark                  items_per_second       IPS New       IPS Old
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
| chameneos                  +0.14                  2.87M/s       2.52M/s
| OVERALL_GEOMEAN            +0.14                  2.87M/s       2.52M/s
|
| Comparing ../bench/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/coroutine-ring.json to ../gc64-benchmarks-patched/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/coroutine-ring.json
| Benchmark                  items_per_second       IPS New       IPS Old
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
| coroutine_ring             +0.21                  17.41M/s      14.38M/s
| OVERALL_GEOMEAN            +0.21                  17.41M/s      14.38M/s
|
| Comparing ../bench/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/euler14-bit.json to ../gc64-benchmarks-patched/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/euler14-bit.json
| Benchmark                  items_per_second       IPS New       IPS Old
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
| euler14_bit                +0.16                  21.00M/s      18.16M/s
| OVERALL_GEOMEAN            +0.16                  21.00M/s      18.16M/s
|
| Comparing ../bench/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/recursive-ack.json to ../gc64-benchmarks-patched/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/recursive-ack.json
| Benchmark                  items_per_second       IPS New       IPS Old
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
| recursive_ack              +0.12                  241.07M/s     214.95M/s
| OVERALL_GEOMEAN            +0.12                  241.07M/s     214.95M/s
|
| Comparing ../bench/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/recursive-fib.json to ../gc64-benchmarks-patched/perf/output/LuaJIT-benches/recursive-fib.json
| Benchmark                  items_per_second       IPS New       IPS Old
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
| recursive_fib              +0.42                  302.70M/s     212.50M/s
| OVERALL_GEOMEAN            +0.42                  302.70M/s     212.50M/s

[2]: https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/1485#issue-4900862636

 perf/helpers/compare.lua | 463 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 463 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 perf/helpers/compare.lua

diff --git a/perf/helpers/compare.lua b/perf/helpers/compare.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2abe6256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perf/helpers/compare.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+local json = require('cjson')
+
+local abs, exp, log, max = math.abs, math.exp, math.log, math.max
+local find, format = string.find, string.format
+local match, rep, sub = string.match, string.rep, string.sub
+local table_insert, table_remove = table.insert, table.remove
+local table_sort = table.sort
+
+local assert = assert
+local ipairs, print, setmetatable = ipairs, print, setmetatable
+local tonumber, type = tonumber, type
+
+local HELP_MSG = [[
+  --alpha=num            Significance level alpha. If the calculated
+                         result relative difference is below this
+                         value the test results are considered the same.
+                         (default: 0.05)
+  --changes_only, -c     Display only benches that differ significantly.
+  --display_aggregates_only, -a
+                         Display only the geomean difference for all
+                         benchmarks.
+  --dump_to_json=file, -d=file
+                         Dump benchmark comparison output to the given
+                         file in JSON format.
+  --hide_aggregates, -i  Do not show aggregates and their differences.
+  --no_color             Do not use colors in the terminal output.
+  --help, -h             Display this message and exit.
+]]
+
+local EXIT_FAILURE = 1
+
+local function fatal(...)
+  io.stderr:write(...)
+  os.exit(EXIT_FAILURE)
+end
+
+local function warn(...)
+  io.stderr:write(...)
+end
+
+local function usage()
+  local header = 'USAGE: luajit compare.lua [options] baseline contender\n'
+  fatal(header, HELP_MSG)
+end
+
+local alpha = 0.05
+local function set_alpha(val)
+  alpha = tonumber(val)
+  assert(alpha, format('invalid alpha value: %s', val))
+end
+
+local clr = {
+  BRGREEN = '\027[92m',
+  GREEN = '\027[32m',
+  RED = '\027[31m',
+  WHITE = '\027[97m',
+  CLEAR = '\027[m',
+}
+
+local colorless_pallete = setmetatable({}, {__index = function() return '' end})
+
+local function set_nocolor()
+  clr = colorless_pallete
+end
+
+local output
+local function set_output(outname)
+  output = assert(io.open(outname, 'w+'))
+end
+
+local aggregates_only = false
+local hide_aggregates = false
+local AGGR_MSG = 'Do not use display_aggregates_only and hide_aggregates' ..
+                 'flags together:\n'
+
+local function set_aggregates_only()
+  if hide_aggregates then
+    fatal(AGGR_MSG, HELP_MSG)
+  end
+  aggregates_only = true
+end
+
+local function set_hide_aggregates()
+  if aggregates_only then
+    fatal(AGGR_MSG, HELP_MSG)
+  end
+  hide_aggregates = true
+end
+
+local changes_only = false
+local function set_changes_only()
+  changes_only = true
+end
+
+local function unrecognized_option(optname, dashes)
+  local fullname = dashes .. (optname or '=')
+  fatal(format('unrecognized command-line flag: %s\n', fullname), HELP_MSG)
+end
+
+local function unrecognized_long_option(_, optname)
+  unrecognized_option(optname, '--')
+end
+
+local function unrecognized_short_option(_, optname)
+  unrecognized_option(optname, '-')
+end
+
+local SHORT_OPTS = setmetatable({
+  ['a'] = set_aggregates_only,
+  ['c'] = set_changes_only,
+  ['d'] = set_output,
+  ['i'] = set_hide_aggregates,
+  ['h'] = usage,
+}, {__index = unrecognized_short_option})
+
+local LONG_OPTS = setmetatable({
+  ['alpha'] = set_alpha,
+  ['changes_only'] = set_changes_only,
+  ['display_aggregates_only'] = set_aggregates_only,
+  ['dump_to_json'] = set_output,
+  ['hide_aggregates'] = set_hide_aggregates,
+  ['no_color'] = set_nocolor,
+  ['help'] = usage,
+}, {__index = unrecognized_long_option})
+
+local function is_option(str)
+  return type(str) == 'string' and sub(str, 1, 1) == '-' and str ~= '-'
+end
+
+local function parse_long_option(a)
+  local opt_name, opt_value
+  -- Remove dashes.
+  local opt = sub(a, 3)
+  -- --option=value
+  if find(opt, '=', 1, true) then
+    -- May match empty option name and/or value.
+    opt_name, opt_value = match(opt, '^([^=]+)=(.*)$')
+  else
+    -- --option without value
+    opt_name = opt
+  end
+  return opt_name, opt_value
+end
+
+local function handle_short_option(a)
+  -- Remove the dash.
+  local opt = sub(a, 2)
+  while sub(opt, 1, 1) ~= '' do
+    local opt_name = sub(opt, 1, 1)
+    if sub(opt, 2, 2) == '=' then
+      -- -o=value
+      local opt_value = sub(opt, 3)
+      SHORT_OPTS[opt_name](opt_value)
+      return
+    end
+    SHORT_OPTS[opt_name]()
+    -- Proceed with the remaining short options.
+    opt = sub(opt, 2)
+  end
+end
+
+local function handle_option(a)
+  if sub(a, 1, 2) == '--' then
+    local opt_name, opt_value = parse_long_option(a)
+    LONG_OPTS[opt_name](opt_value)
+  else
+    handle_short_option(a)
+  end
+end
+
+-- Process the options and update the script context.
+local function argparse(arg)
+  local n = 1
+  while n <= #arg do
+    local a = arg[n]
+    if is_option(a) then
+      table_remove(arg, n)
+      handle_option(a)
+    else
+      -- Just ignore it.
+      n = n + 1
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+------------ File system helpers. --------------------------------
+
+-- Simple checker if the given path is a directory.
+local function isdir(path)
+  local fh = io.open(path)
+  -- Can't use read on directories.
+  local err, msg = fh:read(1)
+  fh:close()
+  if not err and match(msg, 'Is a directory') then
+    return true
+  else
+    return false
+  end
+end
+
+-- Not very robust, but OK for our needs.
+local function listdir(path)
+  local handle = io.popen('ls -1 ' .. path)
+
+  local files = {}
+  for file in handle:lines() do
+    table_insert(files, file)
+  end
+
+  return files
+end
+
+local function read_all(file)
+  local fh = assert(io.open(file, 'rb'))
+  local content = fh:read('*all')
+  fh:close()
+  return content
+end
+
+------------ Comparison of the results. --------------------------
+
+-- Compare to lists and return intersection of them.
+-- Print warning if any element is missing.
+local function intersection(a, b, msga, msgb)
+  local intersect = {}
+  -- Scan tables, with sorted elements.
+  -- If any element missing (this element is less than the nearest
+  -- from another list), print warning.
+  table_sort(a)
+  table_sort(b)
+  local ai, bi = 1, 1
+  while ai <= #a or bi <= #b do
+    if a[ai] == b[bi] then
+      table_insert(intersect, a[ai])
+      ai = ai + 1
+      bi = bi + 1
+    elseif bi > #b or (ai < #a and a[ai] < b[bi]) then
+      warn(format(msga, a[ai]))
+      ai = ai + 1
+    else
+      assert(ai > #a or (bi < #b and a[ai] > b[bi]), 'incorrect intersection')
+      warn(format(msgb, b[bi]))
+      bi = bi + 1
+    end
+  end
+  return intersect
+end
+
+-- Calculate geomean for the given bench names.
+local function gmean(results, list)
+  local n = #list
+  if n == 1 then
+    return results[list[1]]
+  end
+  local gmn = 0
+  -- Use Log-Transform calculation to avoid infinite values.
+  for i = 1, n do
+    gmn = gmn + log(results[list[i]])
+  end
+  gmn = gmn / n
+  return exp(gmn)
+end
+
+-- Return relative change between baseline and contender.
+local function calculate_change(base, cont)
+  return (cont - base) / base
+end
+
+-- Convert array of benchmarks to the simple map:
+-- benchname -> metric value.
+local function bench_map(benches)
+  local map = {}
+  for _, bench in ipairs(benches) do
+    map[bench.name] = tonumber(bench.items_per_second)
+  end
+  return map
+end
+
+-- Create a list of benchmark names for intersection.
+local function bench_list(benches)
+  local list = {}
+  for _, bench in ipairs(benches) do
+    table_insert(list, bench.name)
+  end
+  return list
+end
+
+-- XXX: Return result serialized in the same format as compare.py
+-- in Google Benchmark. Not sure that we really need this
+-- compatibility.
+local function serialize_result(name, base, cont, run_type, aggregate)
+  local change = calculate_change(base, cont)
+  return {
+      name = name,
+      measurements = {{
+        rps = change,
+        items_per_second = cont,
+        items_per_second_other = base,
+      }},
+      run_type = run_type or 'iteration',
+      aggregate_name = aggregate or '',
+  }, not changes_only or abs(change) > alpha
+end
+
+local function compare_benchmarks(baseline_bench, contender_bench)
+  local base_benches = json.decode(read_all(baseline_bench)).benchmarks
+  local cont_benches = json.decode(read_all(contender_bench)).benchmarks
+  local base_map = bench_map(base_benches)
+  local cont_map = bench_map(cont_benches)
+  local benchnames = intersection(
+    bench_list(base_benches), bench_list(cont_benches),
+    'Contender benchmark has no bench %s, it is ignored.\n',
+    'Baseline benchmark has no bench %s, it is ignored.\n'
+  )
+  local compare_results = {}
+  local bench_differs = not changes_only
+  if not aggregates_only then
+    for _, benchname in ipairs(benchnames) do
+      local base_res = base_map[benchname]
+      local cont_res = cont_map[benchname]
+      local cmp, displayed = serialize_result(benchname, base_res, cont_res)
+      if displayed then
+        table_insert(compare_results, cmp)
+        bench_differs = true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  if not hide_aggregates then
+    local base_gmean = gmean(base_map, benchnames)
+    local cont_gmean = gmean(cont_map, benchnames)
+    local cmp, displayed = serialize_result('OVERALL_GEOMEAN',
+      base_gmean, cont_gmean, 'aggregate', 'geomean'
+    )
+    if displayed then
+      table_insert(compare_results, cmp)
+      bench_differs = true
+    end
+  end
+  return compare_results, bench_differs
+end
+
+local function compare_benchmarks_sets(baseline_dir, contender_dir)
+  -- Compare any matched files in the directories.
+  local baseline_benches = listdir(baseline_dir)
+  local contender_benches = listdir(contender_dir)
+  local same_benches = intersection(baseline_benches, contender_benches,
+    'Contender directory has no file %s, it is ignored.\n',
+    'Baseline directory has no file %s, it is ignored.\n'
+  )
+  local total_results = {}
+  for _, benchname in ipairs(same_benches) do
+    local benches, displayed = compare_benchmarks(
+      baseline_dir .. '/' .. benchname,
+      contender_dir .. '/' .. benchname
+    )
+    if displayed then
+      table_insert(total_results, {
+        name = benchname,
+        benches = benches,
+      })
+    end
+  end
+  return total_results
+end
+
+------------ Output and formatting. ------------------------------
+
+local function format_ips(ips)
+  local ips_str
+  if ips / 1e6 > 1 then
+    ips_str = format('%.2fM/s', ips / 1e6)
+  elseif ips / 1e3 > 1 then
+    ips_str = format('%.2fk/s', ips / 1e3)
+  else
+    ips_str = format('%d/s', ips)
+  end
+  return ips_str
+end
+
+-- Create header of report and format line for bench statistics
+-- (includes %s for colorizing chunks).
+local function create_fmt_lines(benches)
+  local header = 'Benchmark'
+  local HDR_OFFSET = 12
+  local maxname = #header
+  for _, bench in ipairs(benches) do
+    maxname = max(maxname, #bench.name)
+  end
+  header = header .. rep(' ', HDR_OFFSET + maxname - #header) ..
+    'items_per_second       IPS New       IPS Old  '
+  local format_name = '%s%- ' .. maxname .. 's%s'
+  local format_line = format_name .. rep(' ', HDR_OFFSET) ..
+    '%s%-+23.2f%s%-14s%-14s'
+  header = header .. '\n' .. rep('-', #header)
+  return header, format_line
+end
+
+local function diff_color(p)
+  if p <= -alpha then
+    return clr.RED
+  elseif p >= alpha then
+    return clr.GREEN
+  else
+    return clr.WHITE
+  end
+end
+
+local function print_compare(fmt, bench)
+  local m = bench.measurements[1]
+  print(format(fmt,
+        clr.BRGREEN, bench.name, clr.CLEAR,
+        diff_color(m.rps), m.rps, clr.CLEAR,
+        format_ips(m.items_per_second), format_ips(m.items_per_second_other)
+  ))
+end
+
+local function output_results(benches, bpath, cpath)
+  if output then
+    output:write(json.encode(benches))
+  else
+    local header, format_line = create_fmt_lines(benches)
+    print(format('Comparing %s to %s', bpath, cpath))
+    print(header)
+    for _, bench in ipairs(benches) do
+      print_compare(format_line, bench)
+    end
+    -- Empty line to separate different files.
+    print()
+  end
+end
+
+local function output_sets_results(res, bpath, cpath)
+  if output then
+    output:write(json.encode(res))
+  else
+    for _, benchfile in ipairs(res) do
+      output_results(benchfile.benches, bpath .. '/' .. benchfile.name,
+                     cpath .. '/' .. benchfile.name)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+------------ Main. -----------------------------------------------
+
+argparse(arg)
+
+local baseline_path, contender_path = arg[1], arg[2]
+local base_isdir = isdir(baseline_path)
+local cont_isdir = isdir(contender_path)
+
+if base_isdir ~= cont_isdir then
+  fatal('Baseline and contender file types should either be file or directory.')
+end
+
+if base_isdir then
+  output_sets_results(compare_benchmarks_sets(baseline_path, contender_path),
+    baseline_path, contender_path
+  )
+else
+  output_results(compare_benchmarks(baseline_path, contender_path),
+    baseline_path, contender_path
+  )
+end
-- 
2.55.0


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2026-08-27  9:35 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2026-08-26 14:34 [Tarantool-patches] [PATCH luajit] perf: add helper for benchmark results comparison Sergey Kaplun via Tarantool-patches
2026-08-27  9:34 ` Evgeniy Temirgaleev via Tarantool-patches

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox