Make --profileMicrobenchmark Work on GAP9 - #208
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The flag was accepted and emitted nothing. Four things had to be true and none of them were: - `PULPMicrobenchmark` was in PULPOpen's two tiling transformers but not in GAP9's, so no instrumentation was generated at all. The tell is that the cycle count with the flag was identical to the cycle count without it. - `perf_utils.h` was only in PULPOpen's include list. - The header aliases `PI_PERF_*` to the PULP SDK's `CSR_PCER_*`, which the GAP9 SDK does not define; it provides the `PI_PERF_*` names itself. They are enum constants, so `#ifndef` cannot see them and the test has to be on the platform. Two counters are also spelled differently there: `PI_PERF_JR_STALL` and `PI_PERF_BTAKEN`. - Both guards read `pi_core_id() == 0`. GAP9 runs the sequential network code on the cluster controller, whose id is `pi_cl_cluster_nb_cores()` (8, with 8 workers) -- never 0. On PULPOpen and Siracusa the cluster master is core 0, which is why this went unnoticed. KeywordSpotting on GAP9 now reports 17 per-layer blocks with 0 errors. Without the flag it is 719,671 cycles, unchanged, and no instrumentation is emitted. Known wart, pre-existing and not addressed here: with the flag on, the `Runtime:` total is meaningless (2,647 for the run above), because `perf_bench_init` resets the same counters `getCycles()` reads. The per-layer numbers are the usable output.
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WalkthroughGAP9 transformers now enable the PULP microbenchmark pass. Generated GAP9 cluster code includes ChangesGAP9 microbenchmark support
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change enables microbenchmark profiling on GAP9, but the current implementation can report an inaccurate Runtime total and may apply the GAP9 controller predicate to non-GAP9 targets, creating cross-platform behavior risk. Merge should wait for target-specific guarding and explicit acceptance or separation of the timing behavior. Possibly related PRs
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In `@Deeploy/Targets/PULPOpen/CodeTransformationPasses/PULPMicrobenchmark.py`:
- Around line 15-18: Update the profiling flow around perf_bench_init(),
perf_bench_start(), and getCycles() so per-operation initialization does not
reset the counters used for the network-level Runtime measurement. Initialize
shared counters once per network or use a separate timing source for
getCycles(), while preserving per-layer benchmark measurements.
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| if (pi_core_id() == 0 || pi_core_id() == (unsigned int)pi_cl_cluster_nb_cores()) { | ||
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| perf_bench_start(); | ||
| perf_bench_read(&${op}_perf_start); |
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Keep Runtime: independent from per-layer counters.
perf_bench_init() resets the counters used by getCycles() before every operation. With --profileMicrobenchmark, Runtime: therefore does not represent the full network execution. Initialize the shared counters once per network, or use a separate timing source for getCycles().
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In `@Deeploy/Targets/PULPOpen/CodeTransformationPasses/PULPMicrobenchmark.py`
around lines 15 - 18, Update the profiling flow around perf_bench_init(),
perf_bench_start(), and getCycles() so per-operation initialization does not
reset the counters used for the network-level Runtime measurement. Initialize
shared counters once per network or use a separate timing source for
getCycles(), while preserving per-layer benchmark measurements.
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--profileMicrobenchmarkis accepted on GAP9 and emits nothing. Four things had to hold for it towork and none of them did; this fixes all four.
Fixed
PULPMicrobenchmarkwas in PULPOpen's two tiling transformers but not in GAP9's, so noinstrumentation was generated at all. The tell is that the cycle count with the flag was identical
to the cycle count without it.
perf_utils.hwas only in PULPOpen's include list.PI_PERF_*to the PULP SDK'sCSR_PCER_*, which the GAP9 SDK does not define —it provides the
PI_PERF_*names itself. They are enum constants, so#ifndefcannot see them andthe test has to be on the platform. Two counters are spelled differently there as well:
PI_PERF_JR_STALLandPI_PERF_BTAKEN.pi_core_id() == 0. GAP9 runs the sequential network code on the clustercontroller, whose id is
pi_cl_cluster_nb_cores()— 8, with 8 workers — never 0. On PULPOpen andSiracusa the cluster master is core 0, which is why this went unnoticed.
Verification
KeywordSpotting on GAP9,
--l1 115000 --l2 1300000 --cores 8:--profileMicrobenchmark0 errors both ways, and the number without the flag is unchanged from
devel.Known wart, pre-existing and not addressed here
With the flag on, the
Runtime:total is meaningless — 2,647 for the run above — becauseperf_bench_initresets the same countersgetCycles()reads. The per-layer numbers are the usableoutput. Fixing that means giving the two a separate counter and is a larger change than this.
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