[PATCH v4] graph: add optional profiling stats

Morten Brørup mb at smartsharesystems.com
Sun Jun 21 19:55:09 CEST 2026


Added graph node profiling stats, build time configurable by enabling
RTE_GRAPH_PROFILE in rte_config.h.

Signed-off-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
---
v4:
* Added documentation. (AI)
* Added more comments. (AI)
* Improved dump. (AI)
v3:
* Debug shows cycles/obj instead of cycles/call.
* Fixed missing --in-reply-to.
v2:
* Fixed indentation.
---
 config/rte_config.h                 |  1 +
 doc/guides/prog_guide/graph_lib.rst |  1 +
 lib/graph/graph_debug.c             | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 lib/graph/node.c                    |  2 ++
 lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h | 23 ++++++++++++++---
 5 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
index 0447cdf2ad..1942c1b1ec 100644
--- a/config/rte_config.h
+++ b/config/rte_config.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 /* rte_graph defines */
 #define RTE_GRAPH_BURST_SIZE 256
 #define RTE_LIBRTE_GRAPH_STATS 1
+/* RTE_GRAPH_PROFILE is not set */
 
 /****** driver defines ********/
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/graph_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/graph_lib.rst
index 8dd49c19d2..bc36042296 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/graph_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/graph_lib.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Performance tuning parameters
   RTE_GRAPH_BURST_SIZE config option.
   The testing shows, on x86 and arm64 servers, The sweet spot is 256 burst
   size. While on arm64 embedded SoCs, it is either 64 or 128.
+- Enable the ``RTE_GRAPH_PROFILE`` config option for more profiling details.
 - Disable node statistics (using ``RTE_LIBRTE_GRAPH_STATS`` config option)
   if not needed.
 
diff --git a/lib/graph/graph_debug.c b/lib/graph/graph_debug.c
index e3b8cccdc1..2aa1e4d22f 100644
--- a/lib/graph/graph_debug.c
+++ b/lib/graph/graph_debug.c
@@ -92,7 +92,44 @@ rte_graph_obj_dump(FILE *f, struct rte_graph *g, bool all)
 			fprintf(f, "       total_sched_fail=%" PRId64 "\n",
 				n->dispatch.total_sched_fail);
 		}
-		fprintf(f, "       total_calls=%" PRId64 "\n", n->total_calls);
+		fprintf(f, "       total_calls=%" PRIu64 "\n", n->total_calls);
+		if (rte_graph_has_stats_feature()) {
+			fprintf(f, "       total_cycles=%" PRIu64 ", avg cycles/call=%.1f\n",
+					n->total_cycles,
+					n->total_calls == 0 ? (double)0 :
+					(double)n->total_cycles / (double)n->total_calls);
+		}
+#ifdef RTE_GRAPH_PROFILE
+		uint64_t calls = n->usage_stats[0].calls;
+		fprintf(f, "       objs[0]\n");
+		fprintf(f, "         calls=%" PRIu64 ", cycles=%" PRIu64 ", avg cycles/call=%.1f\n",
+				calls,
+				n->usage_stats[0].cycles,
+				calls == 0 ? 0.0 :
+				(double)n->usage_stats[0].cycles / (double)calls);
+		calls = n->usage_stats[1].calls;
+		fprintf(f, "       objs[1]\n");
+		fprintf(f, "         calls=%" PRIu64 ", cycles=%" PRIu64 ", avg cycles/call=%.1f\n",
+				calls,
+				n->usage_stats[1].cycles,
+				calls == 0 ? 0.0 :
+				(double)n->usage_stats[1].cycles / (double)calls);
+		calls = RTE_MAX(INT64_C(0), (int64_t)(n->total_calls -
+				(n->usage_stats[0].calls + n->usage_stats[1].calls)));
+		uint64_t cycles = RTE_MAX(INT64_C(0), (int64_t)(n->total_cycles -
+				(n->usage_stats[0].cycles + n->usage_stats[1].cycles)));
+		uint64_t objs = RTE_MAX(INT64_C(0), (int64_t)(n->total_objs -
+				n->usage_stats[1].calls));
+		double objs_per_call = calls == 0 ? 0.0 : (double)objs / (double)calls;
+		fprintf(f, "       objs[more], avg objs/call=%.1f\n", objs_per_call);
+		fprintf(f, "         calls=%" PRIu64 ", cycles=%" PRIu64 ", avg cycles/call=%.1f"
+				", avg cycles/obj=%.1f\n",
+				calls,
+				cycles,
+				calls == 0 ? 0.0 : (double)cycles / (double)calls,
+				calls == 0 || objs_per_call == 0.0 ? 0.0 :
+				(double)cycles / (double)calls / objs_per_call);
+#endif
 		for (i = 0; i < n->nb_edges; i++)
 			fprintf(f, "          edge[%d] <%s>\n", i,
 				n->nodes[i]->name);
diff --git a/lib/graph/node.c b/lib/graph/node.c
index 1fce3e6632..19b38881ae 100644
--- a/lib/graph/node.c
+++ b/lib/graph/node.c
@@ -110,10 +110,12 @@ __rte_node_register(const struct rte_node_register *reg)
 	rte_edge_t i;
 	size_t sz;
 
+#ifndef RTE_GRAPH_PROFILE
 	/* Limit Node specific metadata to one cacheline on 64B CL machine */
 	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((offsetof(struct rte_node, nodes) -
 			  offsetof(struct rte_node, ctx)) !=
 			 RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE);
+#endif
 
 	graph_spinlock_lock();
 
diff --git a/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h b/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h
index 4ab53a533e..10a52a540b 100644
--- a/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h
+++ b/lib/graph/rte_graph_worker_common.h
@@ -144,12 +144,22 @@ struct __rte_cache_aligned rte_node {
 			rte_node_process_t process; /**< Process function. */
 			uint64_t process_u64;
 		};
+		/** Fast path area cache line 3. */
+#ifdef RTE_GRAPH_PROFILE
+		struct {
+			uint64_t calls;     /**< Calls processing resp. 0 or 1 objects. */
+			uint64_t cycles;    /**< Cycles spent processing resp. 0 or 1 objects. */
+		} usage_stats[2];       /**< Usage when this node processed 0 or 1 objects. */
+		/** Fast path area cache line 4. */
+#endif
 		alignas(RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE) struct rte_node *nodes[]; /**< Next nodes. */
 	};
 };
 
+#ifndef RTE_GRAPH_PROFILE
 static_assert(offsetof(struct rte_node, nodes) - offsetof(struct rte_node, ctx)
 	== RTE_CACHE_LINE_MIN_SIZE, "rte_node fast path area must fit in 64 bytes");
+#endif
 
 /**
  * @internal
@@ -197,7 +207,7 @@ void __rte_node_stream_alloc_size(struct rte_graph *graph,
 static __rte_always_inline void
 __rte_node_process(struct rte_graph *graph, struct rte_node *node)
 {
-	uint64_t start;
+	uint64_t cycles;
 	uint16_t rc;
 	void **objs;
 
@@ -206,11 +216,18 @@ __rte_node_process(struct rte_graph *graph, struct rte_node *node)
 	rte_prefetch0(objs);
 
 	if (rte_graph_has_stats_feature()) {
-		start = rte_rdtsc();
+		cycles = -rte_rdtsc();
 		rc = node->process(graph, node, objs, node->idx);
-		node->total_cycles += rte_rdtsc() - start;
+		cycles += rte_rdtsc();
+		node->total_cycles += cycles;
 		node->total_calls++;
 		node->total_objs += rc;
+#ifdef RTE_GRAPH_PROFILE
+		if (rc <= 1) {
+			node->usage_stats[rc].calls++;
+			node->usage_stats[rc].cycles += cycles;
+		}
+#endif
 	} else {
 		node->process(graph, node, objs, node->idx);
 	}
-- 
2.43.0



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