[CakeML-Dev] Bootstrap evaluation timings

Yong Kiam tanyongkiam at gmail.com
Sun Nov 27 23:06:50 UTC 2016


In case anyone is curious, that's about 17.4 hours in total (might be
wrong, I used some quick vim magic to get that number)

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Ramana Kumar <Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Latest timings with Yong Kiam's fixes look good.
> https://cakeml.org/bootstrap-timing.txt.
> The slowest evaluations are in encoding, computing labels (they happen
> twice at >1 hour each), and checking jumps (>5 hours).
> Have a look at the times and see if it looks like anything could be sped
> up.
>
> On 27 November 2016 at 11:09, Yong Kiam <tanyongkiam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here's a summary of the issue:
>>
>> The latest change to put Equal into data_to_word currently produces
>> unreachable code (GiveUp).
>>
>> These unreachable bits of code goes through wordLang, but the allocator
>> and SSA don't touch it because the code refers to variables that are
>> "uninitialized". This ended up producing massive stack frames in the
>> bootstrap (upwards of 1000 variables on stack) going into word_to_stack
>> because the variables were just passed in as is.
>>
>> My latest commit fixes this in wordLang, and hopefully the time for
>> word_to_stack goes back down to something more reasonable (untested).
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Ramana Kumar <Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It looks like exp_cut did make a difference. Latest timings here:
>>> https://cakeml.org/bootstrap-timing.txt
>>>
>>> Also, the asm_ok check removal has made a difference: sec_ok is only
>>> ~6hours (previously it has always been >10 and sometimes >18), as
>>> originally hoped.
>>>
>>> The longest thing in the latest timings is word_to_stack (8hrs), but as
>>> we've been discussing separately, there are fixes to that coming soon...
>>>
>>> Other things to consider: do any passes look like they're taking
>>> unexpectedly long, or there might be relatively easy tweaks to speed them
>>> up? Could other tweaks to the configuration parameters improve the speed?
>>> (e.g., set inline even lower)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 November 2016 at 11:45, Yong Kiam <tanyongkiam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I went through the commit history on github, and here is a list of
>>>> changes since 1a939d3 that looked like they might affect something (based
>>>> on the title):
>>>>
>>>> 55d5fc0: Update unverified register allocator
>>>> 63cbd66: Removed asm_ok
>>>> 98188ad: Changed default bvl_to_bvi configurations
>>>> 66ddd3d: exh_reorder
>>>> 8c2f5ae: load_opt
>>>>
>>>> I also found that the eval/x64 directory could probably be deleted (the
>>>> default configs for every backend is also defined in targets/configTheory).
>>>> The only difference in the x64_compiler_config defined there and the one in
>>>> configTheory is pad_bits for data_to_word though. I think it is only there
>>>> because otherwise all the backends have to be built to eval anything using
>>>> the x64 configuration.
>>>>
>>>> I also reduced the value for exp_cut locally on the nqueens benchmark,
>>>> but I didn't any meaningful difference in compile times (the benchmark is
>>>> probably too small though).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Ramana Kumar <
>>>> Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Preliminary results with inline_size_limit set back down to 3 indicate
>>>>> that word_to_stack is still taking longer than before, specifically 3.5
>>>>> hours as opposed to the 1.5 hours of two months ago. Could the exp_cut
>>>>> parameter also be relevant?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 22 November 2016 at 16:30, Ramana Kumar <Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Some updated times (now included program sizes) are up (
>>>>>> https://cakeml.org/bootstrap-timing.txt). Things are still
>>>>>> surprisingly slow (word_to_stack, sec_ok) - guess is still that it's
>>>>>> because of inline limit, so the next thing to try is changing the inline
>>>>>> limit..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is conf_ok required if I change the inline_limit just for the
>>>>>> bootstrap? Isn't it easy to show that conf_ok isn't affected by that config
>>>>>> field?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18 November 2016 at 10:39, Yong Kiam <tanyongkiam at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It shouldn't be very hard... I just thought it wouldn't be high
>>>>>>> priority since the remaining ones are only in LabAsms.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Changing the config there seems right. You won't get a conf_ok proof
>>>>>>> about it though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Ramana Kumar <
>>>>>>> Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've seen the word_to_stack slowdown twice (although it only shows
>>>>>>>> up in the timings document once - I didn't record the other data).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think removing more asm_ok is always a good idea, but I'm not
>>>>>>>> sure how much priority it should be given - how hard is it to remove more?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I guess after the current run finishes I could try changing the
>>>>>>>> inline limit (I would do this by using a different config here
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/CakeML/cakeml/blob/master/compiler/bootst
>>>>>>>> rap/evaluation/to_lab_x64BootstrapScript.sml#L83 - does that seem
>>>>>>>> right?)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18 November 2016 at 09:36, Magnus Myreen <
>>>>>>>> magnus.myreen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think the inline_size_limit of 10 is potentially risky. I suggest
>>>>>>>>> the bootstrap is run with a lower setting, e.g. 2 or 3. -- Magnus
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 18 November 2016 at 09:26, Yong Kiam <tanyongkiam at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > Argh, that's a shame. Would moving more of asm_ok up help? There
>>>>>>>>> are still
>>>>>>>>> > some things in LabAsms that can be removed.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > I'm not sure know why word_to_stack -specifically- would slow
>>>>>>>>> down by so
>>>>>>>>> > much. Could it be a one-off thing or did you hit that slowdown
>>>>>>>>> multiple
>>>>>>>>> > times already?
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Another possibility: changes to the default compiler
>>>>>>>>> configuration could
>>>>>>>>> > have slowed it down.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > For example this:
>>>>>>>>> > https://github.com/CakeML/cakeml/commit/98188addc34e5c3a0345
>>>>>>>>> 72c10eca7b3b41aff71c
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > (e.g. maybe more things got inlined)
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Ramana Kumar <
>>>>>>>>> Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk>
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> I will put the timings from various runs of the bootstrap on
>>>>>>>>> this web page
>>>>>>>>> >> so we can more easily refer to them:
>>>>>>>>> >> https://cakeml.org/bootstrap-timing.txt.
>>>>>>>>> >> I've added partial timings for a recent revision (still waiting
>>>>>>>>> on the
>>>>>>>>> >> rest).
>>>>>>>>> >> There is currently a problem with word_to_stack, which is now
>>>>>>>>> taking 5
>>>>>>>>> >> hours where it used to take 1.
>>>>>>>>> >> And given that it seems to be stuck on "sec_ok" I'm wondering
>>>>>>>>> how much the
>>>>>>>>> >> asm_ok Asm check removal has really helped... I guess it was
>>>>>>>>> supposed to
>>>>>>>>> >> bring it down to 6h, so we'll see...
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> On 29 September 2016 at 10:47, Ramana Kumar <
>>>>>>>>> Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk>
>>>>>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> I have tried running the "sec_ok" part of the bootstrap with
>>>>>>>>> the asm_ok
>>>>>>>>> >>> checks for Asm lines turned off. Two things to report:
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> The time is significantly improved:
>>>>>>>>> >>> runtime: 6h02m19s,    gctime: 30m06s,     systime: 3m11s.
>>>>>>>>> >>> (compared to previously: 10h46m09s,    gctime: 1h07m37s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>> 5m21s.)
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Secondly, this timing information is bogus: the wall clock
>>>>>>>>> time was
>>>>>>>>> >>> definitely under 2 hours (I didn't check precisely). I expect
>>>>>>>>> timing for
>>>>>>>>> >>> threads in parallel execution are added sequentially. So for
>>>>>>>>> the parts of
>>>>>>>>> >>> the bootstrap run in parallel, the timings probably need to be
>>>>>>>>> divided by up
>>>>>>>>> >>> to 8 to get an accurate picture. Perhaps I should annotate
>>>>>>>>> which ones are in
>>>>>>>>> >>> parallel and which not.
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> I think it's worthwhile removing the asm_ok checks. I can help
>>>>>>>>> doing so
>>>>>>>>> >>> if someone else sets up some cheated theorems to fill in.
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> On 8 September 2016 at 14:33, Ramana Kumar <
>>>>>>>>> Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk>
>>>>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> Here are some timings now including the last step
>>>>>>>>> (x64Bootstrap).
>>>>>>>>> >>>> (The commit number doesn't exactly match the output labels,
>>>>>>>>> since I
>>>>>>>>> >>>> changed some of that (about to be committed) in the middle.)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> Here we can see that the biggest problem (>10 hours) is the
>>>>>>>>> checking
>>>>>>>>> >>>> that all the lines in the final ASM code satisfy
>>>>>>>>> line_ok_light (i.e., the
>>>>>>>>> >>>> "sec_ok" thing below). But there are a few steps that take
>>>>>>>>> 1-2 hours each,
>>>>>>>>> >>>> and then a few more that take 20-40 mins, so ... definitely
>>>>>>>>> more than an
>>>>>>>>> >>>> overnight job still...
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> 1a939d3
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval to_mod: runtime: 1m49s,    gctime: 3.4s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.35667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval to_con: runtime: 8m56s,    gctime: 5.5s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.84000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval to_dec: runtime: 7.4s,    gctime: 2.4s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.15667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval to_exh: runtime: 3m32s,    gctime: 8.9s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.68667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval to_pat: runtime: 14.1s,    gctime: 1.4s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.06667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval to_clos: runtime: 5.3s,    gctime: 1.1s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.05667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval to_bvl: runtime: 2m36s,    gctime: 12.6s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.88000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval to_bvi:
>>>>>>>>> >>>> ... inline: runtime: 6.1s,    gctime: 1.2s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.09333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> ... optimise: runtime: 24m53s,    gctime: 1m53s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 17.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> ... compile: runtime: 2m27s,    gctime: 11.9s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 1.5s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval to_data: runtime: 8m11s,    gctime: 21.4s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 1.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval data_to_word: runtime: 8m28s,    gctime: 30.4s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 2.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> word_to_word: runtime: 1h00m52s,    gctime: 5m53s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 34.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> clash: runtime: 5m06s,    gctime: 22.3s,     systime: 2.8s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> (external oracle) runtime: 2m31s,    gctime: 1.4s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>> 0.77667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> chunk: runtime: 1h08m52s,    gctime: 6m06s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 28.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> (chunk results) runtime: 11m49s,    gctime: 1m13s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 7.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> eval word_to_stack: runtime: 1h35m38s,    gctime: 3m53s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>> 9.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> stack_alloc: runtime: 23m27s,    gctime: 45.7s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 6.7s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> stack_remove: runtime: 19m15s,    gctime: 21.5s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 4.7s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> stack_names: runtime: 15m20s,    gctime: 24.9s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 3.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> stack_to_lab: runtime: 42m12s,    gctime: 9m27s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 10.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> filter_skip: runtime: 3m56s,    gctime: 24.7s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 3.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> ffi_limit: runtime: 2m33s,    gctime: 1m39s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 3.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> enc_sec: runtime: 25m01s,    gctime: 1m40s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 11.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> sec_length: runtime: 4m11s,    gctime: 48.9s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 3.5s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> compute_labels: runtime: 1h17m12s,    gctime: 13m50s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>> 58.7s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> enc_secs_again: runtime: 2h00m15s,    gctime: 24m27s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>> 1m46s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> upd_lab_len: runtime: 5m51s,    gctime: 55.9s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 3.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> sec_length2: runtime: 3m32s,    gctime: 8.4s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 1.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> compute_labels2: runtime: 1h27m09s,    gctime: 22m29s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>> 1m17s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> enc_secs_again2: runtime: 2h37m41s,    gctime: 1h03m15s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>> 3m01s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> pad_sectionruntime: 8m47s,    gctime: 35.8s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 3.8s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> sec_ok: runtime: 10h46m09s,    gctime: 1h07m37s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 5m21s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> all_secs_ok: runtime: 4.5s,    gctime: 0.07667s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.00333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> prog_to_bytes: runtime: 7m27s,    gctime: 2m23s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 6.3s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> flat_bytes: runtime: 45m21s,    gctime: 8m25s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 8.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>> expand_defs: runtime: 49m25s,    gctime: 31m53s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 1.6s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> On 7 September 2016 at 08:43, Ramana Kumar <
>>>>>>>>> Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> More timing for a later commit. I believe this one includes
>>>>>>>>> Magnus's
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> changes to add compile_seqs, which seem not to have had much
>>>>>>>>> effect. (I'm
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> hoping I haven't messed up the timing somehow...  it's
>>>>>>>>> surprising how stable
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> they are...)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> commit: 83b3aaf
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval to_mod: runtime: 1m50s,    gctime: 5.8s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 1.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval to_con: runtime: 8m41s,    gctime: 4.2s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.65000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval to_dec: runtime: 11.5s,    gctime: 6.4s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.46333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval to_exh: runtime: 3m27s,    gctime: 6.8s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.89000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval to_pat: runtime: 14.7s,    gctime: 1.7s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.11667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval to_clos: runtime: 5.5s,    gctime: 1.1s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.06333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval to_bvl: runtime: 2m29s,    gctime: 5.6s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.28333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval to_bvi:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> ... inline: runtime: 6.3s,    gctime: 1.3s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.06333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> ... optimise: runtime: 23m26s,    gctime: 28.8s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 6.3s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> ... compile: runtime: 2m18s,    gctime: 4.1s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.25000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval to_data: runtime: 8m23s,    gctime: 44.3s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 3.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval data_to_word: runtime: 8m23s,    gctime: 39.3s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 3.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> word_to_word: runtime: 58m18s,    gctime: 4m53s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 30.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> clash: runtime: 5m01s,    gctime: 18.4s,     systime: 2.5s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> (external oracle) runtime: 2m31s,    gctime: 1.9s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> 0.20667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> chunk: runtime: 1h01m18s,    gctime: 1m13s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 22.9s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> (chunk results) runtime: 14m26s,    gctime: 5m57s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 9.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> eval word_to_stack: runtime: 1h29m05s,    gctime: 4m38s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> 14.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> stack_alloc: runtime: 23m03s,    gctime: 58.3s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 5.8s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> stack_remove: runtime: 20m09s,    gctime: 1m29s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 6.5s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> stack_names: runtime: 15m05s,    gctime: 41.6s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 3.9s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> stack_to_lab: runtime: 35m11s,    gctime: 2m54s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 12.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> On 6 September 2016 at 10:11, Yong Kiam <
>>>>>>>>> tanyongkiam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Hmm, that is surprising. I expected the main function to
>>>>>>>>> have a good
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> number of If-s (which my change should have helped with),
>>>>>>>>> but it seems like
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> that didn't affect the time at all.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Here are two possibilities:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> 1) Caching lookups into the colouring function for the
>>>>>>>>> chunk step. The
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> function is defined as an option-lookup into an oracle
>>>>>>>>> sptree:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/CakeML/cake
>>>>>>>>> ml/blob/9937677d34446adace9f29d5719131f9a5b4aeac/compiler/ba
>>>>>>>>> ckend/reg_alloc/reg_allocScript.sml#L110
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not sure how much that will help though, since the
>>>>>>>>> variable names
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> should be in SSA already, so it is mostly looking up
>>>>>>>>> different things each
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> time.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> 2) Make splitting more aggressive, i.e. the main function
>>>>>>>>> should be
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> divided into more pieces so that its colouring sptree isn't
>>>>>>>>> too big (it gets
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> larger when there are more variables too).
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Also, are you getting some kind of effect where every
>>>>>>>>> parallel thread
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> is just waiting for one to finish (namely the one working
>>>>>>>>> on the main
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> function)? 2) might help divide the work more evenly.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Ramana Kumar
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> <Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some more timings, for two recent commits. Not a big
>>>>>>>>> difference, it
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> seems.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> commit: 69ac2f9
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_mod: runtime: 1m45s,    gctime: 3.8s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.36667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_con: runtime: 8m36s,    gctime: 5.5s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.90667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_dec: runtime: 7.3s,    gctime: 2.3s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.17000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_exh: runtime: 3m27s,    gctime: 9.5s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 1.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_pat: runtime: 13.9s,    gctime: 1.5s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.10333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_clos: runtime: 5.2s,    gctime: 1.1s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.07000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_bvl: runtime: 2m28s,    gctime: 5.5s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.22667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_bvi: ... inline: runtime: 6.0s,    gctime: 1.3s,
>>>>>>>>>    systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 0.09000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> ... optimise:runtime: 23m27s,    gctime: 6.9s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 3.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> ... compile: runtime: 2m33s,    gctime: 19.3s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 1.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_data: runtime: 8m29s,    gctime: 51.5s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 3.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval data_to_word: runtime: 8m41s,    gctime: 50.2s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 3.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> word_to_word: runtime: 58m21s,    gctime: 4m28s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 28.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> clash: runtime: 4m58s,    gctime: 15.5s,     systime: 2.7s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> (external oracle) runtime: 2m32s,    gctime: 1.8s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 0.24000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> chunk: runtime: 1h13m05s,    gctime: 6m06s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 26.9s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> (chunk results) runtime: 13m31s,    gctime: 2m47s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 14.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval word_to_stack: runtime: 1h32m52s,    gctime: 6m12s,
>>>>>>>>>    systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 12.7s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> stack_alloc: runtime: 23m03s,    gctime: 42.2s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 5.8s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> stack_remove: runtime: 19m08s,    gctime: 22.7s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 4.3s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> stack_names: runtime: 15m45s,    gctime: 1m05s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 5.3s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> stack_to_lab: runtime: 41m59s,    gctime: 9m22s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 8.6s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> commit: 9937677
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_mod: runtime: 1m51s,    gctime: 5.9s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.90000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_con: runtime: 8m48s,    gctime: 4.4s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.71667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_dec: runtime: 7.2s,    gctime: 2.3s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.15667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_exh: runtime: 3m30s,    gctime: 9.5s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 1.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_pat: runtime: 14.3s,    gctime: 1.6s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.09000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_clos: runtime: 5.2s,    gctime: 0.95667s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 0.07333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_bvl: runtime: 2m28s,    gctime: 5.2s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.32667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_bvi: ... inline: runtime: 5.8s,    gctime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.88000s,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> systime: 0.05333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> ... optimise: runtime: 23m24s,    gctime: 5.8s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 3.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> ... compile: runtime: 2m27s,    gctime: 12.5s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 0.78333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval to_data: runtime: 8m18s,    gctime: 34.2s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 3.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval data_to_word: runtime: 8m24s,    gctime: 37.4s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2.8s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> word_to_word: runtime: 57m40s,    gctime: 4m56s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 30.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> clash: runtime: 5m12s,    gctime: 33.6s,     systime: 3.9s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> (external oracle) runtime: 2m31s,    gctime: 1.8s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 0.15667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> chunk: runtime: 1h07m54s,    gctime: 6m07s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 29.5s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> (chunk results) runtime: 13m21s,    gctime: 2m54s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 14.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> eval word_to_stack: runtime: 1h34m00s,    gctime: 7m32s,
>>>>>>>>>    systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 8.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> stack_alloc: runtime: 22m35s,    gctime: 18.7s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 3.7s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> stack_remove: runtime: 19m04s,    gctime: 16.7s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 3.9s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> stack_names: runtime: 15m13s,    gctime: 37.8s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 4.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> stack_to_lab: runtime: 36m21s,    gctime: 3m29s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 13.9s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1 September 2016 at 09:04, Ramana Kumar
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> <Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also, updated timings for the middle bit, as of 4d0d56b
>>>>>>>>> (which is
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> also for the front half timings in my previous email).
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> eval data_to_word: runtime: 7m42s,    gctime: 35.7s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2.7s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> word_to_word: runtime: 56m07s,    gctime: 4m48s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 28.7s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> clash: runtime: 4m48s,    gctime: 16.0s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 2.2s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> (external oracle) runtime: 2m21s,    gctime: 1.7s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 0.10667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> chunk: runtime: 1h10m00s,    gctime: 6m06s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 27.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> (use chunk) runtime: 12m26s,    gctime: 2m29s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 11.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> eval word_to_stack: runtime: 1h29m28s,    gctime: 7m23s,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> systime: 8.0s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> stack_alloc: runtime: 21m13s,    gctime: 24.3s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 3.9s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> stack_remove: runtime: 18m12s,    gctime: 46.6s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 4.3s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> stack_names: runtime: 14m08s,    gctime: 32.1s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 4.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> stack_to_lab: runtime: 36m41s,    gctime: 1m19s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 10.6s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It doesn't look like 91d539b made a huge difference.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 1 September 2016 at 08:42, Ramana Kumar
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> <Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have some timings for the front half of the backend
>>>>>>>>> now:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> eval to_mod: runtime: 1m45s,    gctime: 9.6s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 0.40000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> eval to_con: runtime: 7m00s,    gctime: 5.4s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 0.80667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> eval to_dec: runtime: 7.0s,    gctime: 2.3s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 0.13333s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> eval to_exh: runtime: 3m18s,    gctime: 4.5s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 0.67000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> eval to_pat: runtime: 15.9s,    gctime: 3.7s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 0.50667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> eval to_clos: runtime: 5.0s,    gctime: 1.1s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 0.07000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> eval to_bvl: runtime: 2m18s,    gctime: 5.2s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 0.36000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> eval to_bvi:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ... inline: runtime: 5.8s,    gctime: 1.1s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 0.07667s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ... optimise: runtime: 22m52s,    gctime: 30.1s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 6.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ... compile: runtime: 2m05s,    gctime: 6.9s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 0.72000s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> eval to_data: runtime: 5m44s,    gctime: 28.8s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 2.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm not sure why there are suspicious timings for things
>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> stack_alloc. One possibility is that the "time" function
>>>>>>>>> adds up times
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> across all parallel threads. In that case, it would make
>>>>>>>>> sense to divide the
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> time by 8. I would need to investigate whether this is
>>>>>>>>> actually what's going
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> on...
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 30 August 2016 at 19:36, Magnus Myreen <
>>>>>>>>> magnus.myreen at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> My guess is that evaluation times get slower once we
>>>>>>>>> pass dataLang
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> because the programs become a lot larger once the data
>>>>>>>>> abstraction
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> been removed.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> There are however some suspicious looking timings here.
>>>>>>>>> I note
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> stack_alloc does near to nothing, but still takes 31
>>>>>>>>> minutes to
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> run.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Here is stack_alloc's main compiler function:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/CakeML/cake
>>>>>>>>> ml/blob/master/compiler/backend/stack_allocScript.sml#L166
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Magnus
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 30 August 2016 at 03:43, Ramana Kumar
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> <Ramana.Kumar at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > I have some information now on where slow parts of
>>>>>>>>> the bootstrap
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > evaluation
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > are, which we could use to direct effort in case we
>>>>>>>>> want to
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > speed things up.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > Currently I have timings for between dataLang and
>>>>>>>>> labLang. (I
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > know the
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > phases above dataLang are mostly quick, and the ones
>>>>>>>>> after
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > labLang are
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > mostly slow, but I will have to get actual numbers
>>>>>>>>> later)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > eval data_to_word: runtime: 7m48s,    gctime: 21.9s,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > systime: 2.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > word_to_word: runtime: 55m07s,    gctime: 5m31s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > 30.9s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > clash: runtime: 5m33s,    gctime: 34.4s,     systime:
>>>>>>>>> 4.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > (external oracle) runtime: 2m30s,    gctime: 12.1s,
>>>>>>>>>    systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > 1.5s
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > chunk: runtime: 1h04m14s,    gctime: 1m37s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime: 20.8s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > (use results of chunk) runtime: 11m21s,    gctime:
>>>>>>>>> 2m00s,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > 10.1s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > eval word_to_stack: runtime: 1h34m21s,    gctime:
>>>>>>>>> 9m42s,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > systime: 9.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > stack_alloc: runtime: 31m55s,    gctime: 30.3s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > 5.4s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > stack_remove: runtime: 25m43s,    gctime: 1m32s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > 6.9s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > stack_names: runtime: 22m03s,    gctime: 3m01s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > 6.6s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > stack_to_lab: runtime: 56m00s,    gctime: 4m38s,
>>>>>>>>>  systime:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > 23.8s.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > What exactly these different phases are doing can be
>>>>>>>>> found by
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > looking at
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > https://github.com/CakeML/cake
>>>>>>>>> ml/blob/master/compiler/bootstrap/evaluation/to_lab_x64Boots
>>>>>>>>> trapScript.sml.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > I think the one confusingly called "chunk" means
>>>>>>>>> checking the
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > results of the
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > external reg. alloc oracle.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >
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