Feature: mark a Func as no_profiling, to prevent injection of profiling. (2nd implementation)

src/Deserialization.cpp

@@ -504,12 +504,14 @@ void Deserializer::deserialize_function(const Serialize::Func *function, Functio
     const std::vector<std::string> trace_tags =
         deserialize_vector<flatbuffers::String, std::string>(function->trace_tags(),
                                                              &Deserializer::deserialize_string);
+    const bool no_profiling = function->no_profiling();
     const bool frozen = function->frozen();
     hl_function.update_with_deserialization(name, origin_name, output_types, required_types,
                                             required_dim, args, func_schedule, init_def, updates,
                                             debug_file, output_buffers, extern_arguments, extern_function_name,
                                             name_mangling, extern_function_device_api, extern_proxy_expr,
-                                            trace_loads, trace_stores, trace_realizations, trace_tags, frozen);
+                                            trace_loads, trace_stores, trace_realizations, trace_tags,
+                                            no_profiling, frozen);
 }
 
 Stmt Deserializer::deserialize_stmt(Serialize::Stmt type_code, const void *stmt) {

src/Func.cpp

@@ -3037,6 +3037,11 @@ Func &Func::add_trace_tag(const std::string &trace_tag) {
     return *this;
 }
 
+Func &Func::no_profiling() {
+    func.do_not_profile();
+    return *this;
+}
+
 void Func::debug_to_file(const string &filename) {
     invalidate_cache();
     func.debug_file() = filename;

src/Func.h

@@ -2559,6 +2559,15 @@ class Func {
      */
     Func &add_trace_tag(const std::string &trace_tag);
 
+    /** Marks this function as a function that should not be profiled
+     * when using the target feature Profile or ProfileByTimer.
+     * This is useful when this function is does too little work at once
+     * such that the overhead of setting the profiling token might
+     * become significant, or that the measured time is not representative
+     * due to modern processors (instruction level parallelism, out-of-order
+     * execution). */
+    Func &no_profiling();
+
     /** Get a handle on the internal halide function that this Func
      * represents. Useful if you want to do introspection on Halide
      * functions */

src/Function.cpp

@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ struct FunctionContents {
     bool trace_loads = false, trace_stores = false, trace_realizations = false;
     std::vector<string> trace_tags;
 
+    bool no_profiling = false;
+
     bool frozen = false;
 
     void accept(IRVisitor *visitor) const {
@@ -352,6 +354,7 @@ void Function::update_with_deserialization(const std::string &name,
                                            bool trace_stores,
                                            bool trace_realizations,
                                            const std::vector<std::string> &trace_tags,
+                                           bool no_profiling,
                                            bool frozen) {
     contents->name = name;
     contents->origin_name = origin_name;
@@ -373,6 +376,7 @@ void Function::update_with_deserialization(const std::string &name,
     contents->trace_stores = trace_stores;
     contents->trace_realizations = trace_realizations;
     contents->trace_tags = trace_tags;
+    contents->no_profiling = no_profiling;
     contents->frozen = frozen;
 }
 
@@ -509,6 +513,7 @@ void Function::deep_copy(const FunctionPtr &copy, DeepCopyMap &copied_map) const
     copy->trace_stores = contents->trace_stores;
     copy->trace_realizations = contents->trace_realizations;
     copy->trace_tags = contents->trace_tags;
+    copy->no_profiling = contents->no_profiling;
     copy->frozen = contents->frozen;
     copy->output_buffers = contents->output_buffers;
     copy->func_schedule = contents->func_schedule.deep_copy(copied_map);
@@ -1139,10 +1144,6 @@ const std::vector<std::string> &Function::get_trace_tags() const {
     return contents->trace_tags;
 }
 
-void Function::freeze() {
-    contents->frozen = true;
-}
-
 void Function::lock_loop_levels() {
     auto &schedule = contents->func_schedule;
     schedule.compute_level().lock();
@@ -1166,6 +1167,16 @@ void Function::lock_loop_levels() {
     }
 }
 
+void Function::do_not_profile() {
+    contents->no_profiling = true;
+}
+bool Function::should_not_profile() const {
+    return contents->no_profiling;
+}
+
+void Function::freeze() {
+    contents->frozen = true;
+}
 bool Function::frozen() const {
     return contents->frozen;
 }

src/Function.h

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class Function {
                                      bool trace_stores,
                                      bool trace_realizations,
                                      const std::vector<std::string> &trace_tags,
+                                     bool no_profiling,
                                      bool frozen);
 
     /** Get a handle on the halide function contents that this Function
@@ -290,6 +291,12 @@ class Function {
      * cannot be mutated further. */
     void lock_loop_levels();
 
+    /** Mark the function as too small for meaningful profiling. */
+    void do_not_profile();
+
+    /** Check if the function is marked as one that should not be profiled. */
+    bool should_not_profile() const;
+
     /** Mark function as frozen, which means it cannot accept new
      * definitions. */
     void freeze();

src/Lower.cpp

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ void lower_impl(const vector<Function> &output_funcs,
 
     if (t.has_feature(Target::Profile) || t.has_feature(Target::ProfileByTimer)) {
         debug(1) << "Injecting profiling...\n";
-        s = inject_profiling(s, pipeline_name);
+        s = inject_profiling(s, pipeline_name, env);
         log("Lowering after injecting profiling:", s);
     }
 

src/Profiling.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "CodeGen_Internal.h"
-#include "ExprUsesVar.h"
+#include "Function.h"
 #include "IRMutator.h"
 #include "IROperator.h"
 #include "InjectHostDevBufferCopies.h"
@@ -71,13 +71,14 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
     vector<int> stack;  // What produce nodes are we currently inside of.
 
     string pipeline_name;
+    const map<string, Function> &env;
 
     bool in_fork = false;
     bool in_parallel = false;
     bool in_leaf_task = false;
 
-    InjectProfiling(const string &pipeline_name)
-        : pipeline_name(pipeline_name) {
+    InjectProfiling(const string &pipeline_name, const map<string, Function> &env)
+        : pipeline_name(pipeline_name), env(env) {
         stack.push_back(get_func_id("overhead"));
         // ID 0 is treated specially in the runtime as overhead
         internal_assert(stack.back() == 0);
@@ -119,10 +120,28 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
     bool profiling_memory = true;
 
     // Strip down the tuple name, e.g. f.0 into f
-    string normalize_name(const string &name) {
-        vector<string> v = split_string(name, ".");
-        internal_assert(!v.empty());
-        return v[0];
+    string normalize_name(const string &name) const {
+        size_t idx = name.find('.');
+        if (idx != std::string::npos) {
+            internal_assert(idx != 0);
+            return name.substr(0, idx);
+        } else {
+            return name;
+        }
+    }
+
+    const Function *lookup_function(const string &name) const {
+        auto it = env.find(name);
+        if (it != env.end()) {
+            return &it->second;
+        }
+        string norm_name = normalize_name(name);
+        it = env.find(norm_name);
+        if (it != env.end()) {
+            return &it->second;
+        }
+        internal_error << "No function in the environment found for name '" << name << "'.\n";
+        return nullptr;
     }
 
     int get_func_id(const string &name) {
@@ -185,7 +204,6 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
     }
 
     Stmt visit(const Allocate *op) override {
-        int idx = get_func_id(op->name);
 
         auto [new_extents, changed] = mutate_with_changes(op->extents);
         Expr condition = mutate(op->condition);
@@ -199,6 +217,13 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
         // always conditionally false. remove_dead_allocations() is called after
         // inject_profiling() so this is a possible scenario.
         if (!is_const_zero(size) && on_stack) {
+            int idx;
+            const Function *func = lookup_function(op->name);
+            if (func->should_not_profile()) {
+                idx = stack.back();  // Attribute the stack size contribution to the deepest _profiled_ func.
+            } else {
+                idx = get_func_id(op->name);
+            }
             const uint64_t *int_size = as_const_uint(size);
             internal_assert(int_size != nullptr);  // Stack size is always a const int
             func_stack_current[idx] += *int_size;
@@ -212,6 +237,7 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
         vector<Stmt> tasks;
         bool track_heap_allocation = !is_const_zero(size) && !on_stack && profiling_memory;
         if (track_heap_allocation) {
+            int idx = get_func_id(op->name);
             debug(3) << "  Allocation on heap: " << op->name
                      << "(" << size << ") in pipeline "
                      << pipeline_name << "\n";
@@ -245,8 +271,6 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
     }
 
     Stmt visit(const Free *op) override {
-        int idx = get_func_id(op->name);
-
         AllocSize alloc = func_alloc_sizes.get(op->name);
         internal_assert(alloc.size.type() == UInt(64));
         func_alloc_sizes.pop(op->name);
@@ -256,6 +280,7 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
         if (!is_const_zero(alloc.size)) {
             if (!alloc.on_stack) {
                 if (profiling_memory) {
+                    int idx = get_func_id(op->name);
                     debug(3) << "  Free on heap: " << op->name << "(" << alloc.size << ") in pipeline " << pipeline_name << "\n";
 
                     vector<Stmt> tasks{
@@ -271,6 +296,13 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
                 const uint64_t *int_size = as_const_uint(alloc.size);
                 internal_assert(int_size != nullptr);
 
+                int idx;
+                const Function *func = lookup_function(op->name);
+                if (func->should_not_profile()) {
+                    idx = stack.back();  // Attribute the stack size contribution to the deepest _profiled_ func.
+                } else {
+                    idx = get_func_id(op->name);
+                }
                 func_stack_current[idx] -= *int_size;
                 debug(3) << "  Free on stack: " << op->name << "(" << alloc.size << ") in pipeline " << pipeline_name
                          << "; current: " << func_stack_current[idx] << "; peak: " << func_stack_peak[idx] << "\n";
@@ -283,11 +315,19 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
         int idx;
         Stmt body;
         if (op->is_producer) {
-            idx = get_func_id(op->name);
-            stack.push_back(idx);
-            Stmt set_current = set_current_func(idx);
-            body = Block::make(set_current, mutate(op->body));
-            stack.pop_back();
+            const Function *func = lookup_function(op->name);
+            if (func->should_not_profile()) {
+                body = mutate(op->body);
+                if (body.same_as(op->body)) {
+                    return op;
+                }
+            } else {
+                idx = get_func_id(op->name);
+                stack.push_back(idx);
+                Stmt set_current = set_current_func(idx);
+                body = Block::make(set_current, mutate(op->body));
+                stack.pop_back();
+            }
         } else {
             // At the beginning of the consume step, set the current task
             // back to the outer one.
@@ -498,8 +538,8 @@ class InjectProfiling : public IRMutator {
 
 }  // namespace
 
-Stmt inject_profiling(Stmt s, const string &pipeline_name) {
-    InjectProfiling profiling(pipeline_name);
+Stmt inject_profiling(Stmt s, const string &pipeline_name, const std::map<string, Function> &env) {
+    InjectProfiling profiling(pipeline_name, env);
     s = profiling.mutate(s);
 
     int num_funcs = (int)(profiling.indices.size());

src/Profiling.h

@@ -23,21 +23,24 @@
  *   mandelbrot:  0.006444ms (10%)   peak: 505344   num: 104000   avg: 5376
  *   argmin:      0.027715ms (46%)   stack: 20
  */
+#include <map>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "Expr.h"
 
 namespace Halide {
 namespace Internal {
 
+class Function;
+
 /** Take a statement representing a halide pipeline insert
  * high-resolution timing into the generated code (via spawning a
  * thread that acts as a sampling profiler); summaries of execution
  * times and counts will be logged at the end. Should be done before
  * storage flattening, but after all bounds inference.
  *
  */
-Stmt inject_profiling(Stmt, const std::string &);
+Stmt inject_profiling(Stmt, const std::string &, const std::map<std::string, Function> &env);
 
 }  // namespace Internal
 }  // namespace Halide

src/Serialization.cpp

@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ Offset<Serialize::Func> Serializer::serialize_function(FlatBufferBuilder &builde
     for (const auto &tag : function.get_trace_tags()) {
         trace_tags_serialized.push_back(serialize_string(builder, tag));
     }
+    const bool no_profiling = function.should_not_profile();
     const bool frozen = function.frozen();
     auto func = Serialize::CreateFunc(builder,
                                       name_serialized,
@@ -1050,7 +1051,9 @@ Offset<Serialize::Func> Serializer::serialize_function(FlatBufferBuilder &builde
                                       trace_loads,
                                       trace_stores,
                                       trace_realizations,
-                                      builder.CreateVector(trace_tags_serialized), frozen);
+                                      builder.CreateVector(trace_tags_serialized),
+                                      no_profiling,
+                                      frozen);
     return func;
 }
 

src/halide_ir.fbs

@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ table Func {
     trace_stores: bool = false;
     trace_realizations: bool = false;
     trace_tags: [string];
+    no_profiling: bool = false;
     frozen: bool = false;
 }