Add script to compare a Frame Profile JSON stats file vs. baseline.

Extract `latest_file()` logic replicated in profile_pretty.py and
profile_csv.py out to logsdir.py, and use for new profile_cmp.py.

(cherry picked from commit 439cfc97a81f221daaf8ba13aa5daa87e8511047)

scripts/perf/logsdir.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""\
+@file   logsdir.py
+@author Nat Goodspeed
+@date   2024-09-12
+@brief  Locate the Second Life logs directory for the current user on the
+        current platform.
+
+$LicenseInfo:firstyear=2024&license=viewerlgpl$
+Copyright (c) 2024, Linden Research, Inc.
+$/LicenseInfo$
+"""
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import platform
+
+class Error(Exception):
+    pass
+
+# logic used by SLVersionChecker
+def logsdir():
+    app = 'SecondLife'
+    system = platform.system()
+    if (system == 'Darwin'):
+        base_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
+                                'Library','Application Support',app)
+    elif (system == 'Linux'): 
+        base_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
+                                '.' + app.lower())
+    elif (system == 'Windows'):
+        appdata = os.getenv('APPDATA')
+        base_dir = os.path.join(appdata, app)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Unsupported platform '%s'" % system)
+
+    return os.path.join(base_dir, 'logs')
+
+def latest_file(dirpath, pattern):
+    files = Path(dirpath).glob(pattern)
+    sort = [(p.stat().st_mtime, p) for p in files if p.is_file()]
+    sort.sort(reverse=True)
+    try:
+        return sort[0][1]
+    except IndexError:
+        raise Error(f'No {pattern} files in {dirpath}')

scripts/perf/profile_cmp.py

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""\
+@file   profile_cmp.py
+@author Nat Goodspeed
+@date   2024-09-13
+@brief  Compare a frame profile stats file with a similar baseline file.
+
+$LicenseInfo:firstyear=2024&license=viewerlgpl$
+Copyright (c) 2024, Linden Research, Inc.
+$/LicenseInfo$
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+import json
+from logsdir import Error, latest_file, logsdir
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+
+# variance that's ignorable
+DEFAULT_EPSILON = 0.03          # 3%
+
+def compare(baseline, test, epsilon=DEFAULT_EPSILON):
+    if Path(baseline).samefile(test):
+        print(f'{baseline} same as\n{test}\nAnalysis moot.')
+        return
+
+    with open(baseline) as inf:
+        bdata = json.load(inf)
+    with open(test) as inf:
+        tdata = json.load(inf)
+    print(f'baseline {baseline}\ntestfile {test}')
+
+    for k, tv in tdata['context'].items():
+        bv = bdata['context'].get(k)
+        if bv != tv:
+            print(f'baseline {k}={bv} vs.\ntestfile {k}={tv}')
+
+    btime = bdata['context'].get('time')
+    ttime = tdata['context'].get('time')
+    if btime and ttime:
+        print('testfile newer by',
+              datetime.fromisoformat(ttime) - datetime.fromisoformat(btime))
+
+    # The following ignores totals and unused shaders, except to the extent
+    # that some shaders were used in the baseline but not in the recent test
+    # or vice-versa. While the viewer considers that a shader has been used if
+    # 'binds' is nonzero, we exclude any whose 'time' is zero to avoid zero
+    # division.
+    bshaders = {s['name']: s for s in bdata['shaders'] if s['time'] and s['samples']}
+    tshaders = {s['name']: s for s in tdata['shaders'] if s['time']}
+
+    bothshaders = set(bshaders).intersection(tshaders)
+    deltas = []
+    for shader in bothshaders:
+        bshader = bshaders[shader]
+        tshader = tshaders[shader]
+        bthruput = bshader['samples']/bshader['time']
+        tthruput = tshader['samples']/tshader['time']
+        delta = (tthruput - bthruput)/bthruput
+        if abs(delta) > epsilon:
+            deltas.append((delta, shader, bthruput, tthruput))
+
+    # descending order of performance gain
+    deltas.sort(reverse=True)
+    print(f'{len(deltas)} shaders showed nontrivial performance differences '
+          '(millon samples/sec):')
+    namelen = max(len(s[1]) for s in deltas) if deltas else 0
+    for delta, shader, bthruput, tthruput in deltas:
+        print(f'  {shader.rjust(namelen)} {delta*100:6.1f}% '
+              f'{bthruput/1000000:8.2f} -> {tthruput/1000000:8.2f}')
+
+    tunused = set(bshaders).difference(tshaders)
+    print(f'{len(tunused)} baseline shaders not used in test:')
+    for s in tunused:
+        print(f'  {s}')
+    bunused = set(tshaders).difference(bshaders)
+    print(f'{len(bunused)} shaders newly used in test:')
+    for s in bunused:
+        print(f'  {s}')
+
+def main(*raw_args):
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description="""
+%(prog)s compares a baseline JSON file from Develop -> Render Tests -> Frame
+Profile to another such file from a more recent test. It identifies shaders
+that have gained and lost in throughput.
+""")
+    parser.add_argument('-e', '--epsilon', type=float, default=int(DEFAULT_EPSILON*100),
+                        help="""percent variance considered ignorable (default %(default)s%%)""")
+    parser.add_argument('baseline',
+                        help="""baseline profile filename to compare against""")
+    parser.add_argument('test', nargs='?',
+                        help="""test profile filename to compare
+                        (default is most recent)""")
+    args = parser.parse_args(raw_args)
+    compare(args.baseline,
+            args.test or latest_file(logsdir(), 'profile.*.json'),
+            epsilon=(args.epsilon / 100.))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        sys.exit(main(*sys.argv[1:]))
+    except (Error, OSError, json.JSONDecodeError) as err:
+        sys.exit(str(err))

scripts/perf/profile_csv.py

@@ -10,17 +10,16 @@ Copyright (c) 2024, Linden Research, Inc.
 $/LicenseInfo$
 """
 
-import logsdir
 import json
-from pathlib import Path
+from logsdir import Error, latest_file, logsdir
 import sys
 
-class Error(Exception):
-    pass
-
 def convert(path, totals=True, unused=True, file=sys.stdout):
     with open(path) as inf:
         data = json.load(inf)
+    # print path to sys.stderr in case user is redirecting stdout
+    print(path, file=sys.stderr)
+
     print('"name", "file1", "file2", "time", "binds", "samples", "triangles"', file=file)
 
     if totals:
@@ -51,19 +50,8 @@ shaders list to full shaders lines.
                         help="""profile filename to convert (default is most recent)""")
 
     args = parser.parse_args(raw_args)
-    if not args.path:
-        logs = logsdir.logsdir()
-        profiles = Path(logs).glob('profile.*.json')
-        sort = [(p.stat().st_mtime, p) for p in profiles]
-        sort.sort(reverse=True)
-        try:
-            args.path = sort[0][1]
-        except IndexError:
-            raise Error(f'No profile.*.json files in {logs}')
-        # print path to sys.stderr in case user is redirecting stdout
-        print(args.path, file=sys.stderr)
-
-    convert(args.path, totals=args.totals, unused=args.unused)
+    convert(args.path or latest_file(logsdir(), 'profile.*.json'),
+            totals=args.totals, unused=args.unused)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:

scripts/perf/profile_pretty.py

@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@ Copyright (c) 2024, Linden Research, Inc.
 $/LicenseInfo$
 """
 
-import logsdir
 import json
-from pathlib import Path
+from logsdir import Error, latest_file, logsdir
 import sys
 
-class Error(Exception):
-    pass
-
 def pretty(path):
     with open(path) as inf:
         data = json.load(inf)
+    # print path to sys.stderr in case user is redirecting stdout
+    print(path, file=sys.stderr)
     json.dump(data, sys.stdout, indent=4)
 
 def main(*raw_args):
@@ -33,19 +31,7 @@ The file produced by the viewer is a single dense line of JSON.
                         help="""profile filename to pretty-print (default is most recent)""")
 
     args = parser.parse_args(raw_args)
-    if not args.path:
-        logs = logsdir.logsdir()
-        profiles = Path(logs).glob('profile.*.json')
-        sort = [(p.stat().st_mtime, p) for p in profiles]
-        sort.sort(reverse=True)
-        try:
-            args.path = sort[0][1]
-        except IndexError:
-            raise Error(f'No profile.*.json files in {logs}')
-        # print path to sys.stderr in case user is redirecting stdout
-        print(args.path, file=sys.stderr)
-
-    pretty(args.path)
+    pretty(args.path or latest_file(logsdir(), 'profile.*.json'))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     try: