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 =
197        wgpu::Instance::new(wgpu::InstanceDescriptor::new_without_display_handle_from_env());
198
199    // `request_adapter` instantiates the general connection to the GPU
200    let adapter = instance
201        .request_adapter(&wgpu::RequestAdapterOptions::default())
202        .await
203        .expect("Failed to request adapter.");
204
205    // Check timestamp features.
206    let features = adapter.features()
207        & (wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY | wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES);
208    if features.contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY) {
209        println!("Adapter supports timestamp queries.");
210    } else {
211        println!("Adapter does not support timestamp queries, aborting.");
212        return;
213    }
214    let timestamps_inside_passes = features.contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES);
215    if timestamps_inside_passes {
216        println!("Adapter supports timestamp queries within passes.");
217    } else {
218        println!("Adapter does not support timestamp queries within passes.");
219    }
220
221    // `request_device` instantiates the feature specific connection to the GPU, defining some parameters,
222    //  `features` being the available features.
223    let (device, queue) = adapter
224        .request_device(&wgpu::DeviceDescriptor {
225            label: None,
226            required_features: features,
227            required_limits: wgpu::Limits::downlevel_defaults(),
228            experimental_features: wgpu::ExperimentalFeatures::disabled(),
229            memory_hints: wgpu::MemoryHints::MemoryUsage,
230            trace: wgpu::Trace::Off,
231        })
232        .await
233        .unwrap();
234
235    let queries = submit_render_and_compute_pass_with_queries(&device, &queue);
236    let raw_results = queries.wait_for_results(&device, false);
237    println!("Raw timestamp buffer contents: {raw_results:?}");
238    QueryResults::from_raw_results(raw_results, timestamps_inside_passes).print(&queue);
239}
240
241fn submit_render_and_compute_pass_with_queries(
242    device: &wgpu::Device,
243    queue: &wgpu::Queue,
244) -> Queries {
245    let mut encoder =
246        device.create_command_encoder(&wgpu::CommandEncoderDescriptor { label: None });
247
248    let mut queries = Queries::new(device, QueryResults::NUM_QUERIES);
249    let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::include_wgsl!("shader.wgsl"));
250
251    if device
252        .features()
253        .contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_ENCODERS)
254    {
255        encoder.write_timestamp(&queries.set, queries.next_unused_query);
256        queries.next_unused_query += 1;
257    }
258
259    // Render two triangles and profile it.
260    render_pass(
261        device,
262        &shader,
263        &mut encoder,
264        &queries.set,
265        &mut queries.next_unused_query,
266    );
267
268    // Compute a hash function on a single thread a bunch of time and profile it.
269    compute_pass(
270        device,
271        &shader,
272        &mut encoder,
273        &queries.set,
274        &mut queries.next_unused_query,
275    );
276
277    if device
278        .features()
279        .contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_ENCODERS)
280    {
281        encoder.write_timestamp(&queries.set, queries.next_unused_query);
282        queries.next_unused_query += 1;
283    }
284
285    queries.resolve(&mut encoder);
286    queue.submit(Some(encoder.finish()));
287
288    queries
289}
290
291fn compute_pass(
292    device: &wgpu::Device,
293    module: &wgpu::ShaderModule,
294    encoder: &mut wgpu::CommandEncoder,
295    query_set: &wgpu::QuerySet,
296    next_unused_query: &mut u32,
297) {
298    let storage_buffer = device.create_buffer_init(&wgpu::util::BufferInitDescriptor {
299        label: Some("Storage Buffer"),
300        contents: bytemuck::cast_slice(&[42]),
301        usage: wgpu::BufferUsages::STORAGE,
302    });
303    let compute_pipeline = device.create_compute_pipeline(&wgpu::ComputePipelineDescriptor {
304        label: None,
305        layout: None,
306        module,
307        entry_point: Some("main_cs"),
308        compilation_options: Default::default(),
309        cache: None,
310    });
311    let bind_group_layout = compute_pipeline.get_bind_group_layout(0);
312    let bind_group = device.create_bind_group(&wgpu::BindGroupDescriptor {
313        label: None,
314        layout: &bind_group_layout,
315        entries: &[wgpu::BindGroupEntry {
316            binding: 0,
317            resource: storage_buffer.as_entire_binding(),
318        }],
319    });
320
321    let mut cpass = encoder.begin_compute_pass(&wgpu::ComputePassDescriptor {
322        label: None,
323        timestamp_writes: Some(wgpu::ComputePassTimestampWrites {
324            query_set,
325            beginning_of_pass_write_index: Some(*next_unused_query),
326            end_of_pass_write_index: Some(*next_unused_query + 1),
327        }),
328    });
329    *next_unused_query += 2;
330    cpass.set_pipeline(&compute_pipeline);
331    cpass.set_bind_group(0, &bind_group, &[]);
332    cpass.dispatch_workgroups(1, 1, 1);
333    if device
334        .features()
335        .contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES)
336    {
337        cpass.write_timestamp(query_set, *next_unused_query);
338        *next_unused_query += 1;
339    }
340    cpass.dispatch_workgroups(1, 1, 1);
341}
342
343fn render_pass(
344    device: &wgpu::Device,
345    module: &wgpu::ShaderModule,
346    encoder: &mut wgpu::CommandEncoder,
347    query_set: &wgpu::QuerySet,
348    next_unused_query: &mut u32,
349) {
350    let format = wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8Unorm;
351
352    let pipeline_layout = device.create_pipeline_layout(&wgpu::PipelineLayoutDescriptor {
353        label: None,
354        bind_group_layouts: &[],
355        immediate_size: 0,
356    });
357
358    let render_pipeline = device.create_render_pipeline(&wgpu::RenderPipelineDescriptor {
359        label: None,
360        layout: Some(&pipeline_layout),
361        vertex: wgpu::VertexState {
362            module,
363            entry_point: Some("vs_main"),
364            compilation_options: Default::default(),
365            buffers: &[],
366        },
367        fragment: Some(wgpu::FragmentState {
368            module,
369            entry_point: Some("fs_main"),
370            compilation_options: Default::default(),
371            targets: &[Some(format.into())],
372        }),
373        primitive: wgpu::PrimitiveState::default(),
374        depth_stencil: None,
375        multisample: wgpu::MultisampleState::default(),
376        multiview_mask: None,
377        cache: None,
378    });
379    let render_target = device.create_texture(&wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
380        label: Some("rendertarget"),
381        size: wgpu::Extent3d {
382            width: 512,
383            height: 512,
384            depth_or_array_layers: 1,
385        },
386        mip_level_count: 1,
387        sample_count: 1,
388        dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
389        format,
390        usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::RENDER_ATTACHMENT,
391        view_formats: &[format],
392    });
393    let render_target_view = render_target.create_view(&wgpu::TextureViewDescriptor::default());
394
395    let mut rpass = encoder.begin_render_pass(&wgpu::RenderPassDescriptor {
396        label: None,
397        color_attachments: &[Some(wgpu::RenderPassColorAttachment {
398            view: &render_target_view,
399            depth_slice: None,
400            resolve_target: None,
401            ops: wgpu::Operations {
402                load: wgpu::LoadOp::Clear(wgpu::Color::GREEN),
403                store: wgpu::StoreOp::Store,
404            },
405        })],
406        depth_stencil_attachment: None,
407        timestamp_writes: Some(wgpu::RenderPassTimestampWrites {
408            query_set,
409            beginning_of_pass_write_index: Some(*next_unused_query),
410            end_of_pass_write_index: Some(*next_unused_query + 1),
411        }),
412        occlusion_query_set: None,
413        multiview_mask: None,
414    });
415    *next_unused_query += 2;
416
417    rpass.set_pipeline(&render_pipeline);
418
419    rpass.draw(0..3, 0..1);
420    if device
421        .features()
422        .contains(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES)
423    {
424        rpass.write_timestamp(query_set, *next_unused_query);
425        *next_unused_query += 1;
426    }
427
428    rpass.draw(0..3, 0..1);
429}
430
431pub fn main() {
432    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
433    {
434        env_logger::init();
435        pollster::block_on(run());
436    }
437    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
438    {
439        std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(console_error_panic_hook::hook));
440        console_log::init().expect("could not initialize logger");
441        wasm_bindgen_futures::spawn_local(run());
442    }
443}
444
445#[cfg(test)]
446pub mod tests {
447    use wgpu_test::{gpu_test, FailureCase, GpuTestConfiguration};
448
449    use super::{submit_render_and_compute_pass_with_queries, QueryResults};
450
451    #[gpu_test]
452    pub static TIMESTAMPS_PASS_BOUNDARIES: GpuTestConfiguration = GpuTestConfiguration::new()
453        .parameters(
454            wgpu_test::TestParameters::default()
455                .limits(wgpu::Limits::downlevel_defaults())
456                .features(wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY),
457        )
458        .run_sync(|ctx| test_timestamps(ctx, false, false));
459
460    #[gpu_test]
461    pub static TIMESTAMPS_ENCODER: GpuTestConfiguration = GpuTestConfiguration::new()
462        .parameters(
463            wgpu_test::TestParameters::default()
464                .limits(wgpu::Limits::downlevel_defaults())
465                .features(
466                    wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY
467                        | wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_ENCODERS,
468                )
469                // see https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/2521
470                // If marking this test non-flaky, also consider removing the silent
471                // timeout in `wait_for_results`.
472                .expect_fail(FailureCase::always().panic("unexpected timestamp").flaky()),
473        )
474        .run_sync(|ctx| test_timestamps(ctx, true, false));
475
476    #[gpu_test]
477    pub static TIMESTAMPS_PASSES: GpuTestConfiguration = GpuTestConfiguration::new()
478        .parameters(
479            wgpu_test::TestParameters::default()
480                .limits(wgpu::Limits::downlevel_defaults())
481                .features(
482                    wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY
483                        | wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_ENCODERS
484                        | wgpu::Features::TIMESTAMP_QUERY_INSIDE_PASSES,
485                )
486                // see https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/2521
487                // If marking this test non-flaky, also consider removing the silent
488                // timeout in `wait_for_results`.
489                .expect_fail(FailureCase::always().panic("unexpected timestamp").flaky()),
490        )
491        .run_sync(|ctx| test_timestamps(ctx, true, true));
492
493    fn test_timestamps(
494        ctx: wgpu_test::TestingContext,
495        timestamps_on_encoder: bool,
496        timestamps_inside_passes: bool,
497    ) {
498        let is_metal = ctx.adapter.get_info().backend == wgpu::Backend::Metal;
499        let queries = submit_render_and_compute_pass_with_queries(&ctx.device, &ctx.queue);
500        let raw_results = queries.wait_for_results(&ctx.device, is_metal);
501        let QueryResults {
502            encoder_timestamps,
503            render_start_end_timestamps,
504            render_inside_timestamp,
505            compute_start_end_timestamps,
506            compute_inside_timestamp,
507        } = QueryResults::from_raw_results(raw_results, timestamps_inside_passes);
508
509        // Timestamps may wrap around, so can't really only reason about deltas!
510        // Making things worse, deltas are allowed to be zero.
511        let render_delta =
512            render_start_end_timestamps[1].wrapping_sub(render_start_end_timestamps[0]);
513        let compute_delta =
514            compute_start_end_timestamps[1].wrapping_sub(compute_start_end_timestamps[0]);
515        let encoder_delta = encoder_timestamps[1].wrapping_sub(encoder_timestamps[0]);
516
517        if timestamps_on_encoder {
518            assert!(encoder_delta > 0, "unexpected timestamp");
519            assert!(
520                encoder_delta >= render_delta + compute_delta,
521                "unexpected timestamp"
522            );
523        }
524        if let Some(render_inside_timestamp) = render_inside_timestamp {
525            assert!(
526                render_inside_timestamp >= render_start_end_timestamps[0],
527                "unexpected timestamp"
528            );
529            assert!(
530                render_inside_timestamp <= render_start_end_timestamps[1],
531                "unexpected timestamp"
532            );
533        }
534        if let Some(compute_inside_timestamp) = compute_inside_timestamp {
535            assert!(
536                compute_inside_timestamp >= compute_start_end_timestamps[0],
537                "unexpected timestamp"
538            );
539            assert!(
540                compute_inside_timestamp <= compute_start_end_timestamps[1],
541                "unexpected timestamp"
542            );
543        }
544    }
545}