wgpu_examples/timestamp_queries/
mod.rs

1//! Sample demonstrating different kinds of gpu timestamp queries.
2//!
3//! Timestamp queries are typically used to profile how long certain operations take on the GPU.
4//! wgpu has several ways of performing gpu timestamp queries:
5//! * passing `wgpu::RenderPassTimestampWrites`/`wgpu::ComputePassTimestampWrites` during render/compute pass creation.
6//!   This writes timestamps for the beginning and end of a given pass.
7//!   (enabled with wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY)
8//! * `wgpu::CommandEncoder::write_timestamp` writes a timestamp between any commands recorded on an encoder.
9//!   (enabled with wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_ENCODERS)
10//! * `wgpu::RenderPass/ComputePass::write_timestamp` writes a timestamp within commands of a render pass.
11//!   Note that some GPU architectures do not support this.
12//!   (native only, enabled with wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES)
13//!
14//! Any timestamp is written to a `wgpu::QuerySet` which needs to be resolved to a buffer with `wgpu::BufferUsages::QUERY_RESOLVE`.
15//! Since this usage is incompatible with `wgpu::BufferUsages::MAP_READ` we need to copy the resolved timestamps to a separate buffer afterwards.
16//!
17//! The period, i.e. the unit of time, of the timestamps in wgpu is undetermined and needs to be queried with `wgpu::Queue::get_timestamp_period`
18//! in order to get comparable results.
19
20use wgpu::util::DeviceExt;
21
22struct Queries {
23    set: wgpu::QuerySet,
24    resolve_buffer: wgpu::Buffer,
25    destination_buffer: wgpu::Buffer,
26    num_queries: u64,
27    next_unused_query: u32,
28}
29
30struct QueryResults {
31    encoder_timestamps: [u64; 2],
32    render_start_end_timestamps: [u64; 2],
33    render_inside_timestamp: Option<u64>,
34    compute_start_end_timestamps: [u64; 2],
35    compute_inside_timestamp: Option<u64>,
36}
37
38impl QueryResults {
39    // Queries:
40    // * encoder timestamp start
41    // * encoder timestamp end
42    // * render start
43    // * render in-between (optional)
44    // * render end
45    // * compute start
46    // * compute in-between (optional)
47    // * compute end
48    const NUM_QUERIES: u64 = 8;
49
50    #[expect(
51        clippy::redundant_closure,
52        reason = "false positive for `get_next_slot`, which needs to be used by reference"
53    )]
54    fn from_raw_results(timestamps: Vec<u64>, timestamps_inside_passes: bool) -> Self {
55        assert_eq!(timestamps.len(), Self::NUM_QUERIES as usize);
56
57        let mut next_slot = 0;
58        let mut get_next_slot = || {
59            let slot = timestamps[next_slot];
60            next_slot += 1;
61            slot
62        };
63
64        let mut encoder_timestamps = [0, 0];
65        encoder_timestamps[0] = get_next_slot();
66        let render_start_end_timestamps = [get_next_slot(), get_next_slot()];
67        let render_inside_timestamp = timestamps_inside_passes.then(|| get_next_slot());
68        let compute_start_end_timestamps = [get_next_slot(), get_next_slot()];
69        let compute_inside_timestamp = timestamps_inside_passes.then(|| get_next_slot());
70        encoder_timestamps[1] = get_next_slot();
71
72        QueryResults {
73            encoder_timestamps,
74            render_start_end_timestamps,
75            render_inside_timestamp,
76            compute_start_end_timestamps,
77            compute_inside_timestamp,
78        }
79    }
80
81    fn print(&self, queue: &wgpu::Queue) {
82        let period = queue.get_timestamp_period();
83        let elapsed_us = |start, end: u64| end.wrapping_sub(start) as f64 * period as f64 / 1000.0;
84
85        println!(
86            "Elapsed time before render until after compute: {:.2} μs",
87            elapsed_us(self.encoder_timestamps[0], self.encoder_timestamps[1]),
88        );
89        println!(
90            "Elapsed time render pass: {:.2} μs",
91            elapsed_us(
92                self.render_start_end_timestamps[0],
93                self.render_start_end_timestamps[1]
94            )
95        );
96        if let Some(timestamp) = self.render_inside_timestamp {
97            println!(
98                "Elapsed time first triangle: {:.2} μs",
99                elapsed_us(self.render_start_end_timestamps[0], timestamp)
100            );
101        }
102        println!(
103            "Elapsed time compute pass: {:.2} μs",
104            elapsed_us(
105                self.compute_start_end_timestamps[0],
106                self.compute_start_end_timestamps[1]
107            )
108        );
109        if let Some(timestamp) = self.compute_inside_timestamp {
110            println!(
111                "Elapsed time after first dispatch: {:.2} μs",
112                elapsed_us(self.compute_start_end_timestamps[0], timestamp)
113            );
114        }
115    }
116}
117
118impl Queries {
119    fn new(device: &wgpu::Device, num_queries: u64) -> Self {
120        Queries {
121            set: device.create_query_set(&wgpu::QuerySetDescriptor {
122                label: Some("Timestamp query set"),
123                count: num_queries as _,
124                ty: wgpu::QueryType::Timestamp,
125            }),
126            resolve_buffer: device.create_buffer(&wgpu::BufferDescriptor {
127                label: Some("query resolve buffer"),
128                size: size_of::<u64>() as u64 * num_queries,
129                usage: wgpu::BufferUsages::COPY_SRC | wgpu::BufferUsages::QUERY_RESOLVE,
130                mapped_at_creation: false,
131            }),
132            destination_buffer: device.create_buffer(&wgpu::BufferDescriptor {
133                label: Some("query dest buffer"),
134                size: size_of::<u64>() as u64 * num_queries,
135                usage: wgpu::BufferUsages::COPY_DST | wgpu::BufferUsages::MAP_READ,
136                mapped_at_creation: false,
137            }),
138            num_queries,
139            next_unused_query: 0,
140        }
141    }
142
143    fn resolve(&self, encoder: &mut wgpu::CommandEncoder) {
144        encoder.resolve_query_set(
145            &self.set,
146            // TODO(https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/3993): Musn't be larger than the number valid queries in the set.
147            0..self.next_unused_query,
148            &self.resolve_buffer,
149            0,
150        );
151        encoder.copy_buffer_to_buffer(
152            &self.resolve_buffer,
153            0,
154            &self.destination_buffer,
155            0,
156            self.resolve_buffer.size(),
157        );
158    }
159
160    fn wait_for_results(&self, device: &wgpu::Device, is_test_on_metal: bool) -> Vec<u64> {
161        self.destination_buffer
162            .slice(..)
163            .map_async(wgpu::MapMode::Read, |_| ());
164        let poll_type = if is_test_on_metal {
165            // Use a short timeout because the `timestamps_encoder` test (which
166            // is also marked as flaky) has been observed to hang on Metal.
167            //
168            // Note that a timeout here is *not* considered an error. In this
169            // particular case that is what we want, but in general, waits in
170            // tests should probably treat a timeout as an error.
171            wgpu::PollType::Wait {
172                submission_index: None,
173                timeout: Some(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5)),
174            }
175        } else {
176            wgpu::PollType::wait_indefinitely()
177        };
178        device.poll(poll_type).unwrap();
179
180        let timestamps = {
181            let timestamp_view = self
182                .destination_buffer
183                .slice(..(size_of::<u64>() as wgpu::BufferAddress * self.num_queries))
184                .get_mapped_range();
185            bytemuck::cast_slice(&timestamp_view).to_vec()
186        };
187
188        self.destination_buffer.unmap();
189
190        timestamps
191    }
192}
193
194async fn run() {
195    // Instantiates instance of wgpu
196    let instance = wgpu::Instance::new(&wgpu::InstanceDescriptor::from_env_or_default());
197
198    // `request_adapter` instantiates the general connection to the GPU
199    let adapter = instance
200        .request_adapter(&wgpu::RequestAdapterOptions::default())
201        .await
202        .expect("Failed to request adapter.");
203
204    // Check timestamp features.
205    let features = adapter.features()
206        & (wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY | wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES);
207    if features.contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY) {
208        println!("Adapter supports timestamp queries.");
209    } else {
210        println!("Adapter does not support timestamp queries, aborting.");
211        return;
212    }
213    let timestamps_inside_passes = features.contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES);
214    if timestamps_inside_passes {
215        println!("Adapter supports timestamp queries within passes.");
216    } else {
217        println!("Adapter does not support timestamp queries within passes.");
218    }
219
220    // `request_device` instantiates the feature specific connection to the GPU, defining some parameters,
221    //  `features` being the available features.
222    let (device, queue) = adapter
223        .request_device(&wgpu::DeviceDescriptor {
224            label: None,
225            required_features: features,
226            required_limits: wgpu::Limits::downlevel_defaults(),
227            experimental_features: wgpu::ExperimentalFeatures::disabled(),
228            memory_hints: wgpu::MemoryHints::MemoryUsage,
229            trace: wgpu::Trace::Off,
230        })
231        .await
232        .unwrap();
233
234    let queries = submit_render_and_compute_pass_with_queries(&device, &queue);
235    let raw_results = queries.wait_for_results(&device, false);
236    println!("Raw timestamp buffer contents: {raw_results:?}");
237    QueryResults::from_raw_results(raw_results, timestamps_inside_passes).print(&queue);
238}
239
240fn submit_render_and_compute_pass_with_queries(
241    device: &wgpu::Device,
242    queue: &wgpu::Queue,
243) -> Queries {
244    let mut encoder =
245        device.create_command_encoder(&wgpu::CommandEncoderDescriptor { label: None });
246
247    let mut queries = Queries::new(device, QueryResults::NUM_QUERIES);
248    let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::include_wgsl!("shader.wgsl"));
249
250    if device
251        .features()
252        .contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_ENCODERS)
253    {
254        encoder.write_timestamp(&queries.set, queries.next_unused_query);
255        queries.next_unused_query += 1;
256    }
257
258    // Render two triangles and profile it.
259    render_pass(
260        device,
261        &shader,
262        &mut encoder,
263        &queries.set,
264        &mut queries.next_unused_query,
265    );
266
267    // Compute a hash function on a single thread a bunch of time and profile it.
268    compute_pass(
269        device,
270        &shader,
271        &mut encoder,
272        &queries.set,
273        &mut queries.next_unused_query,
274    );
275
276    if device
277        .features()
278        .contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_ENCODERS)
279    {
280        encoder.write_timestamp(&queries.set, queries.next_unused_query);
281        queries.next_unused_query += 1;
282    }
283
284    queries.resolve(&mut encoder);
285    queue.submit(Some(encoder.finish()));
286
287    queries
288}
289
290fn compute_pass(
291    device: &wgpu::Device,
292    module: &wgpu::ShaderModule,
293    encoder: &mut wgpu::CommandEncoder,
294    query_set: &wgpu::QuerySet,
295    next_unused_query: &mut u32,
296) {
297    let storage_buffer = device.create_buffer_init(&wgpu::util::BufferInitDescriptor {
298        label: Some("Storage Buffer"),
299        contents: bytemuck::cast_slice(&[42]),
300        usage: wgpu::BufferUsages::STORAGE,
301    });
302    let compute_pipeline = device.create_compute_pipeline(&wgpu::ComputePipelineDescriptor {
303        label: None,
304        layout: None,
305        module,
306        entry_point: Some("main_cs"),
307        compilation_options: Default::default(),
308        cache: None,
309    });
310    let bind_group_layout = compute_pipeline.get_bind_group_layout(0);
311    let bind_group = device.create_bind_group(&wgpu::BindGroupDescriptor {
312        label: None,
313        layout: &bind_group_layout,
314        entries: &[wgpu::BindGroupEntry {
315            binding: 0,
316            resource: storage_buffer.as_entire_binding(),
317        }],
318    });
319
320    let mut cpass = encoder.begin_compute_pass(&wgpu::ComputePassDescriptor {
321        label: None,
322        timestamp_writes: Some(wgpu::ComputePassTimestampWrites {
323            query_set,
324            beginning_of_pass_write_index: Some(*next_unused_query),
325            end_of_pass_write_index: Some(*next_unused_query + 1),
326        }),
327    });
328    *next_unused_query += 2;
329    cpass.set_pipeline(&compute_pipeline);
330    cpass.set_bind_group(0, &bind_group, &[]);
331    cpass.dispatch_workgroups(1, 1, 1);
332    if device
333        .features()
334        .contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES)
335    {
336        cpass.write_timestamp(query_set, *next_unused_query);
337        *next_unused_query += 1;
338    }
339    cpass.dispatch_workgroups(1, 1, 1);
340}
341
342fn render_pass(
343    device: &wgpu::Device,
344    module: &wgpu::ShaderModule,
345    encoder: &mut wgpu::CommandEncoder,
346    query_set: &wgpu::QuerySet,
347    next_unused_query: &mut u32,
348) {
349    let format = wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8Unorm;
350
351    let pipeline_layout = device.create_pipeline_layout(&wgpu::PipelineLayoutDescriptor {
352        label: None,
353        bind_group_layouts: &[],
354        push_constant_ranges: &[],
355    });
356
357    let render_pipeline = device.create_render_pipeline(&wgpu::RenderPipelineDescriptor {
358        label: None,
359        layout: Some(&pipeline_layout),
360        vertex: wgpu::VertexState {
361            module,
362            entry_point: Some("vs_main"),
363            compilation_options: Default::default(),
364            buffers: &[],
365        },
366        fragment: Some(wgpu::FragmentState {
367            module,
368            entry_point: Some("fs_main"),
369            compilation_options: Default::default(),
370            targets: &[Some(format.into())],
371        }),
372        primitive: wgpu::PrimitiveState::default(),
373        depth_stencil: None,
374        multisample: wgpu::MultisampleState::default(),
375        multiview_mask: None,
376        cache: None,
377    });
378    let render_target = device.create_texture(&wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
379        label: Some("rendertarget"),
380        size: wgpu::Extent3d {
381            width: 512,
382            height: 512,
383            depth_or_array_layers: 1,
384        },
385        mip_level_count: 1,
386        sample_count: 1,
387        dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
388        format,
389        usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::RENDER_ATTACHMENT,
390        view_formats: &[format],
391    });
392    let render_target_view = render_target.create_view(&wgpu::TextureViewDescriptor::default());
393
394    let mut rpass = encoder.begin_render_pass(&wgpu::RenderPassDescriptor {
395        label: None,
396        color_attachments: &[Some(wgpu::RenderPassColorAttachment {
397            view: &render_target_view,
398            depth_slice: None,
399            resolve_target: None,
400            ops: wgpu::Operations {
401                load: wgpu::LoadOp::Clear(wgpu::Color::GREEN),
402                store: wgpu::StoreOp::Store,
403            },
404        })],
405        depth_stencil_attachment: None,
406        timestamp_writes: Some(wgpu::RenderPassTimestampWrites {
407            query_set,
408            beginning_of_pass_write_index: Some(*next_unused_query),
409            end_of_pass_write_index: Some(*next_unused_query + 1),
410        }),
411        occlusion_query_set: None,
412        multiview_mask: None,
413    });
414    *next_unused_query += 2;
415
416    rpass.set_pipeline(&render_pipeline);
417
418    rpass.draw(0..3, 0..1);
419    if device
420        .features()
421        .contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES)
422    {
423        rpass.write_timestamp(query_set, *next_unused_query);
424        *next_unused_query += 1;
425    }
426
427    rpass.draw(0..3, 0..1);
428}
429
430pub fn main() {
431    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
432    {
433        env_logger::init();
434        pollster::block_on(run());
435    }
436    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
437    {
438        std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(console_error_panic_hook::hook));
439        console_log::init().expect("could not initialize logger");
440        wasm_bindgen_futures::spawn_local(run());
441    }
442}
443
444#[cfg(test)]
445pub mod tests {
446    use wgpu_test::{gpu_test, FailureCase, GpuTestConfiguration};
447
448    use super::{submit_render_and_compute_pass_with_queries, QueryResults};
449
450    #[gpu_test]
451    pub static TIMESTAMPS_PASS_BOUNDARIES: GpuTestConfiguration = GpuTestConfiguration::new()
452        .parameters(
453            wgpu_test::TestParameters::default()
454                .limits(wgpu::Limits::downlevel_defaults())
455                .features(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY),
456        )
457        .run_sync(|ctx| test_timestamps(ctx, false, false));
458
459    #[gpu_test]
460    pub static TIMESTAMPS_ENCODER: GpuTestConfiguration = GpuTestConfiguration::new()
461        .parameters(
462            wgpu_test::TestParameters::default()
463                .limits(wgpu::Limits::downlevel_defaults())
464                .features(
465                    wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY
466                        | wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_ENCODERS,
467                )
468                // see https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/2521
469                // If marking this test non-flaky, also consider removing the silent
470                // timeout in `wait_for_results`.
471                .expect_fail(FailureCase::always().panic("unexpected timestamp").flaky()),
472        )
473        .run_sync(|ctx| test_timestamps(ctx, true, false));
474
475    #[gpu_test]
476    pub static TIMESTAMPS_PASSES: GpuTestConfiguration = GpuTestConfiguration::new()
477        .parameters(
478            wgpu_test::TestParameters::default()
479                .limits(wgpu::Limits::downlevel_defaults())
480                .features(
481                    wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY
482                        | wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_ENCODERS
483                        | wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES,
484                )
485                // see https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/2521
486                // If marking this test non-flaky, also consider removing the silent
487                // timeout in `wait_for_results`.
488                .expect_fail(FailureCase::always().panic("unexpected timestamp").flaky()),
489        )
490        .run_sync(|ctx| test_timestamps(ctx, true, true));
491
492    fn test_timestamps(
493        ctx: wgpu_test::TestingContext,
494        timestamps_on_encoder: bool,
495        timestamps_inside_passes: bool,
496    ) {
497        let is_metal = ctx.adapter.get_info().backend == wgpu::Backend::Metal;
498        let queries = submit_render_and_compute_pass_with_queries(&ctx.device, &ctx.queue);
499        let raw_results = queries.wait_for_results(&ctx.device, is_metal);
500        let QueryResults {
501            encoder_timestamps,
502            render_start_end_timestamps,
503            render_inside_timestamp,
504            compute_start_end_timestamps,
505            compute_inside_timestamp,
506        } = QueryResults::from_raw_results(raw_results, timestamps_inside_passes);
507
508        // Timestamps may wrap around, so can't really only reason about deltas!
509        // Making things worse, deltas are allowed to be zero.
510        let render_delta =
511            render_start_end_timestamps[1].wrapping_sub(render_start_end_timestamps[0]);
512        let compute_delta =
513            compute_start_end_timestamps[1].wrapping_sub(compute_start_end_timestamps[0]);
514        let encoder_delta = encoder_timestamps[1].wrapping_sub(encoder_timestamps[0]);
515
516        if timestamps_on_encoder {
517            assert!(encoder_delta > 0, "unexpected timestamp");
518            assert!(
519                encoder_delta >= render_delta + compute_delta,
520                "unexpected timestamp"
521            );
522        }
523        if let Some(render_inside_timestamp) = render_inside_timestamp {
524            assert!(
525                render_inside_timestamp >= render_start_end_timestamps[0],
526                "unexpected timestamp"
527            );
528            assert!(
529                render_inside_timestamp <= render_start_end_timestamps[1],
530                "unexpected timestamp"
531            );
532        }
533        if let Some(compute_inside_timestamp) = compute_inside_timestamp {
534            assert!(
535                compute_inside_timestamp >= compute_start_end_timestamps[0],
536                "unexpected timestamp"
537            );
538            assert!(
539                compute_inside_timestamp <= compute_start_end_timestamps[1],
540                "unexpected timestamp"
541            );
542        }
543    }
544}