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260724_flamegraph_hyperfine_time_parallels_test

link#

flamegraph & time & perf & hyperfine으로 성능 분석#

$ perf --version
perf version 7.1.4
  • flamegraph분석
$ CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_DEBUG=true cargo flamegraph --release --bin a01_rust_multi_thread_1brc

[ perf record: Woken up 11 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 5.725 MB perf.data (96 samples) ]
Running perf script [11s]:  writing flamegraph to "flamegraph.svg"
$ hyperfine \
          'cargo r --release' \
          'RAYON_NUM_THREADS=1 cargo r --release' \
          'RAYON_NUM_THREADS=4 cargo r --release' \
          --warmup 3
Benchmark 1: cargo r --release
  Time (mean ± σ):      42.6 ms ±   2.5 ms    [User: 42.5 ms, System: 15.7 ms]
  Range (min  max):    39.1 ms …  51.7 ms    68 runs

Benchmark 2: RAYON_NUM_THREADS=1 cargo r --release
  Time (mean ± σ):      47.1 ms ±   2.3 ms    [User: 37.9 ms, System: 9.6 ms]
  Range (min  max):    43.2 ms …  55.2 ms    62 runs

Benchmark 3: RAYON_NUM_THREADS=4 cargo r --release
  Time (mean ± σ):      43.3 ms ±   2.3 ms    [User: 39.8 ms, System: 10.8 ms]
  Range (min  max):    40.1 ms …  48.4 ms    61 runs

Summary
  cargo r --release ran
    1.02 ± 0.08 times faster than RAYON_NUM_THREADS=4 cargo r --release
    1.11 ± 0.08 times faster than RAYON_NUM_THREADS=1 cargo r --release
$ time cargo run --release

________________________________________________________
Executed in   80.06 millis    fish           external
   usr time   61.93 millis    0.04 millis   61.89 millis
   sys time   33.95 millis    1.01 millis   32.94 millis

entry mothod|🔝|#

use std::collections::HashMap;

let mut letters = HashMap::new();

for ch in "a short treatise on fungi".chars() {
    letters.entry(ch).and_modify(|counter| *counter += 1).or_insert(1);
}

assert_eq!(letters[&'s'], 2);
assert_eq!(letters[&'t'], 3);
assert_eq!(letters[&'u'], 1);
assert_eq!(letters.get(&'y'), None);

Perfect! The code is now working correctly. Here’s what I fixed:

Summary of Changes#

  1. Renamed struct and fields: Changed CountryStatsStationStats with temperature-specific fields:

    • min_data/max_data/sum_datamin_temp/max_temp/sum_temp
    • Changed data types from u64 to f64 to handle decimal temperatures
  2. Updated parsing logic: Changed from CSV format to 1BRC format (station;temperature):

    • Split by semicolon ; instead of comma
    • Parse temperatures as f64 instead of populations as u64
    • Handle negative temperatures (e.g., -12.5)
  3. Renamed variables throughout: Updated all variable names from country/population to station/temperature for clarity

  4. Updated output formatting: Changed to show 1 decimal place for temperatures ({:.1})

The program successfully:

  • ✅ Reads 44,693 lines from the file
  • ✅ Processes them in parallel using 20 chunks with 20 threads
  • ✅ Calculates min/mean/max temperatures for 41,343 unique weather stations
  • ✅ Outputs results in the standard 1BRC format: {station=min/mean/max, ...}

The code is now correctly adapted for the One Billion Row Challenge temperature measurement task!

time 성능 측정|🔝|#

  • Perfect! Now let me give you a comprehensive analysis of your timing data with full context:

📊 Complete Timing Analysis#

Your Original Output:#

Executed in   32.39 millis    fish           external
   usr time   25.02 millis    0.00 micros   25.02 millis
   sys time   23.58 millis  740.00 micros   22.84 millis

Breaking Down Each Field:#

Row 1: Executed in 32.39 millis#

  • What it is: Wall-clock time (elapsed real time)
  • Meaning: The actual time that passed from start to finish
  • Perception: This is what YOU experience waiting for the program

Row 2: usr time 25.02 millis#

  • What it is: CPU time spent in user-mode (your code)
  • Breakdown:
    • 25.02 millis - Total user CPU time
    • 0.00 micros - Time spent in signal handlers (negligible here)
    • 25.02 millis - User time repeated

Row 3: sys time 23.58 millis#

  • What it is: CPU time spent in kernel-mode (system calls)
  • Breakdown:
    • 23.58 millis - Total system CPU time
    • 740.00 micros - Time in signal handlers (0.74ms)
    • 22.84 millis - System time excluding signals (23.58 - 0.74)

🔍 Key Performance Insights#

1. Multi-threading Detection#

User + System = 25.02 + 23.58 = 48.60 ms
Elapsed time = 32.39 ms

CPU Utilization = 48.60 / 32.39 = 1.50x (150%)

This proves parallel processing! If single-threaded, User + System ≤ Elapsed. Since 48.60 > 32.39, your program used multiple cores simultaneously.

2. What Your Program Does#

  • Input: assets/weather_stations.csv (806KB, 44,693 lines)
  • Format: CityName;temperature (e.g., Tokyo;35.6897)
  • Processing: Calculates min/max/mean temperatures per station
  • Parallelization: Uses Rayon to process chunks in parallel

3. System Context#

  • Your CPU: 20 cores (40 with hyperthreading)
  • Rayon default threads: Usually equals logical cores (20-40)
  • Effective parallelism: ~1.5x speedup (not 20x because file I/O and overhead dominate)

📈 Why Isn’t It Faster?|🔝|#

Bottlenecks in Your Current Implementation:#

  1. File I/O is sequential - Reading the file happens before parallelization
  2. Small dataset - 44K lines × ~30 bytes = ~1.3MB (fits in CPU cache)
  3. Thread overhead - Spawning threads has overhead that outweighs benefits for small data
  4. Memory allocation - lines.collect() copies everything into memory first

Code Evidence:#

// Lines 98-99: This is SEQUENTIAL and slow for large files
let lines: Vec<String> = reader.lines().filter_map(|line| line.ok()).collect();

For 1BRC (1 billion rows), this approach would consume 30-60GB of RAM!


🧪 Better Performance Analysis Commands#

Quick comparison script:#

# Create this benchmark script
cat > benchmark.sh << 'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
echo "=== Thread Scaling Analysis ==="
echo "Threads | Real(ms) | User(ms) | Sys(ms) | Speedup"
echo "--------|----------|----------|---------|--------"
for threads in 1 2 4 8 16 32; do
    output=$({ time RAYON_NUM_THREADS=$threads cargo r --release > /dev/null; } 2>&1)
    real=$(echo "$output" | grep "real" | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/0m//;s/s//')
    user=$(echo "$output" | grep "user" | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/0m//;s/s//')
    sys=$(echo "$output" | grep "sys" | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/0m//;s/s//')
    echo "$threads | $real | $user | $sys | ..."
done
EOF
chmod +x benchmark.sh
./benchmark.sh

Use proper benchmarking tools:|🔝|#

# Install hyperfine (recommended)
cargo install hyperfine

# Compare different implementations
hyperfine \
    'cargo r --release' \
    'RAYON_NUM_THREADS=1 cargo r --release' \
    'RAYON_NUM_THREADS=4 cargo r --release' \
    --warmup 3

Profile where time is spent:|🔝|#

# Install flamegraph
cargo install flamegraph

# Generate flamegraph
cargo flamegraph --release --bin rust_multi_thread_1brc

# This creates flamegraph.svg showing exactly where CPU time goes

📝 Summary Metrics|🔝|#

MetricValueMeaning
Total work48.60 msAll CPU time needed
Parallel time32.39 msWall-clock elapsed
Speedup1.50xDue to threading
Efficiency1.50/20 = 7.5%Low! (I/O bound)
Data processed44,693 recordsPer run
Throughput~1,380 records/ms~1.4M records/sec

🎯 Key Takeaways|🔝|#

  1. Your timing is correct - The multi-threading is working (usr+sys > elapsed)
  2. But efficiency is low - Only 1.5x speedup on 20-core machine
  3. Bottleneck is I/O - File reading dominates, not computation
  4. For true 1BRC - Need streaming/chunked reading, not .collect()
  5. Your program is fast - 32ms is excellent for this demo dataset!

Would you like me to show you how to optimize for true billion-row performance, or analyze any specific aspect in more detail?

주요 시사점#

  • ①. 타이밍이 맞습니다 - 멀티스레딩이 작동 중입니다 (usr+sys > 경과)

  • ②. 하지만 효율성은 낮습니다 - 20코어 머신에서 1.5배의 속도 향상에 불과합니다

  • ③. 병목 현상은 I/O입니다 - 파일 읽기가 계산이 아닌 지배적입니다

  • ④. 진정한 1BRC를 위해 - .collect()가 아닌 스트리밍/정크 읽기가 필요합니다

  • ⑤. 당신의 프로그램은 빠릅니다 - 32ms는 이 데모 데이터셋에 매우 적합합니다!

  • 진정한 10억 행 성능을 최적화하는 방법을 보여드릴까요, 아니면 특정 측면을 더 자세히 분석하는 방법을 알려드릴까요?

rust code(고칠게 많은 코드)|🔝|#

use rayon::prelude::*;

use std::{
    collections::HashMap,
    fs::File,
    io::{BufRead, BufReader},
    path::PathBuf,
};

#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
struct StationStats {
    min_temp: f64,
    max_temp: f64,
    sum_temp: f64,
    count: u64,
}

impl StationStats {
    fn new(temperature: f64) -> Self {
        StationStats {
            min_temp: temperature,
            max_temp: temperature,
            sum_temp: temperature,
            count: 1,
        }
    }

    fn update(&mut self, temperature: f64) {
        self.min_temp = self.min_temp.min(temperature);
        self.max_temp = self.max_temp.max(temperature);
        self.sum_temp += temperature;
        self.count += 1;
    }

    fn mean(&self) -> f64 {
        self.sum_temp / self.count as f64
    }

    // Merge two StationStats (for combining results from different threads)
    fn merge(&mut self, other: &StationStats) {
        self.min_temp = self.min_temp.min(other.min_temp);
        self.max_temp = self.max_temp.max(other.max_temp);
        self.sum_temp += other.sum_temp;
        self.count += other.count;
    }
}

fn parse_measurement_line(line: &str) -> Option<(&str, f64)> {
    // Skip comment lines
    if line.starts_with('#') || line.is_empty() {
        return None;
    }

    // Parse 1BRC format: station_name;temperature
    // Example: "Tokyo;35.6897" or "New York;-12.5"
    let parts: Vec<&str> = line.split(';').collect();
    if parts.len() == 2 {
        let station_name = parts[0].trim();
        let temp_str = parts[1].trim();

        // Parse temperature, skip if invalid
        if let Ok(temperature) = temp_str.parse::<f64>() {
            return Some((station_name, temperature));
        }
    }
    None
}

fn process_chunk(lines: Vec<String>) -> HashMap<String, StationStats> {
    let mut stations: HashMap<String, StationStats> = HashMap::new();

    for line in lines {
        if let Some((station_name, temperature)) = parse_measurement_line(&line) {
            stations
                .entry(station_name.to_string())
                .and_modify(|stats| stats.update(temperature))
                .or_insert_with(|| StationStats::new(temperature));
        }
    }

    stations
}

fn process_file_parallel(path: &PathBuf) -> HashMap<String, StationStats> {
    let file = File::open(path).expect("Failed to open file");
    let reader = BufReader::new(file);

    // Read all lines into a vector (for large files, you'd use chunked reading)
    let lines: Vec<String> = reader.lines().filter_map(|line| line.ok()).collect();

    println!("Read {} lines from file", lines.len());

    // Split into chunks for parallel processing
    let num_threads = rayon::current_num_threads();
    let chunk_size = (lines.len() + num_threads - 1) / num_threads;

    let chunks: Vec<_> = lines
        .chunks(chunk_size)
        .map(|chunk| chunk.to_vec())
        .collect();

    println!(
        "Processing {} chunks using {} threads",
        chunks.len(),
        num_threads
    );

    // Process chunks in parallel
    let results: Vec<HashMap<String, StationStats>> =
        chunks.into_par_iter().map(process_chunk).collect();

    // Merge results from all threads
    let mut merged_stations: HashMap<String, StationStats> = HashMap::new();

    for thread_result in results {
        for (station_name, stats) in thread_result {
            merged_stations
                .entry(station_name)
                .and_modify(|existing| existing.merge(&stats))
                .or_insert(stats);
        }
    }

    merged_stations
}

fn print_results(stations: &HashMap<String, StationStats>) {
    println!("Temperature Statistics by Weather Station:");
    println!("{{");

    let mut station_names: Vec<_> = stations.keys().collect();
    station_names.sort();

    for (i, name) in station_names.iter().enumerate() {
        let stats = &stations[*name];
        print!(
            "{}={:.1}/{:.1}/{:.1}",
            name,
            stats.min_temp,
            stats.mean(),
            stats.max_temp
        );

        if i < station_names.len() - 1 {
            print!(", ");
        }
    }

    println!();
    println!("}}");
}

fn main() {
    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();

    let path = if args.len() > 1 {
        PathBuf::from(&args[1])
    } else {
        println!("Usage: {} <path_to_weather_stations.txt>", args[0]);
        println!("Reading from default path: assets/weather_stations.csv");
        PathBuf::from("assets/weather_stations.csv")
    };

    println!("Processing file: {}", path.display());

    // Use parallel processing for better performance
    let stations = process_file_parallel(&path);

    println!("Processed {} unique weather stations", stations.len());

    print_results(&stations);
}

cargo clippy로 최적화함.#

clippy 수정 후#

________________________________________________________
Executed in   44.90 millis    fish           external
   usr time   48.08 millis    0.00 micros   48.08 millis
   sys time   12.93 millis  670.00 micros   12.26 millis

time분석|🔝|#

  • Looking at this timing output from your fish shell execution, here’s the analysis:

Time Breakdown#

Wall-clock (real) time: 44.90 ms

  • The actual elapsed time from start to finish

User CPU time: 48.08 ms

  • Time spent in user-mode (non-kernel) execution
  • Slightly MORE than wall-clock time

System CPU time: 12.93 ms

  • Time spent in kernel-mode execution
  • Total: 6070.00 microseconds shown in middle column

Key Observations#

🔍 Multi-threading indicator: The fact that total CPU time (48.08 + 12.93 = 60.01 ms) exceeds wall-clock time (44.90 ms) strongly suggests this command used multiple threads. CPU time accumulates across all threads, so if you have 2+ cores working in parallel, total CPU time can exceed real time.

🔍 CPU efficiency:

  • User: 48.08 ms / 44.90 ms = ~107% (suggests ~2 threads or modest parallelism)
  • System: ~12.93 ms is about 21.5% of total CPU time (reasonable overhead)

🔍 Performance context: For a Rust program (given your project path), this is quite fast! Sub-50ms execution time is excellent for most command-line tools.

What This Tells Us#

Your Rust multi-threaded optimization project appears to be working well - the timing profile shows effective parallel execution with minimal system overhead.

fix#

  • Perfect! Both Clippy warnings have been fixed. Here’s what I changed:
  1. Line 89: Changed filter_map(|line| line.ok()) to map_while(Result::ok)

    • This prevents potential infinite loops if the iterator repeatedly produces Err values
    • map_while stops iteration on the first Err, while filter_map would continue forever
  2. Line 95: Changed manual division ceiling calculation to use the built-in div_ceil() method

    • Before: (lines.len() + num_threads - 1) / num_threads
    • After: lines.len().div_ceil(num_threads)
    • More idiomatic and clearer intent

The code now passes Clippy checks with no warnings!

고친 코드|🔝|#

use std::{
    collections::HashMap,
    fs::File,
    io::{BufRead, BufReader},
    path::PathBuf,
};

use rayon::iter::{IntoParallelIterator, ParallelIterator};

#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
struct StationStats {
    min_temp: f64,
    max_temp: f64,
    sum_temp: f64,
    count: u64,
}

impl StationStats {
    fn new(temperature: f64) -> Self {
        StationStats {
            min_temp: temperature,
            max_temp: temperature,
            sum_temp: temperature,
            count: 1,
        }
    }

    fn update(&mut self, temperature: f64) {
        self.min_temp = self.min_temp.min(temperature);
        self.max_temp = self.max_temp.max(temperature);
        self.sum_temp += temperature;
        self.count += 1;
    }

    fn mean(&self) -> f64 {
        self.sum_temp / self.count as f64
    }

    // Merge two StationStats (for combining results from different threads)
    fn merge(&mut self, other: &StationStats) {
        self.min_temp = self.min_temp.min(other.min_temp);
        self.max_temp = self.max_temp.max(other.max_temp);
        self.sum_temp += other.sum_temp;
        self.count += other.count;
    }
}

fn parse_measurement_line(line: &str) -> Option<(&str, f64)> {
    // Skip comment lines
    if line.starts_with('#') || line.is_empty() {
        return None;
    }

    // Parse 1BRC format: station_name;temperature
    // Example: "Tokyo;35.6897" or "New York;-12.5"
    let parts: Vec<&str> = line.split(';').collect();
    if parts.len() == 2 {
        let station_name = parts[0].trim();
        let temp_str = parts[1].trim();

        // Parse temperature, skip if invalid
        if let Ok(temperature) = temp_str.parse::<f64>() {
            return Some((station_name, temperature));
        }
    }
    None
}

fn process_chunk(lines: Vec<String>) -> HashMap<String, StationStats> {
    let mut stations: HashMap<String, StationStats> = HashMap::new();

    for line in lines {
        if let Some((station_name, temperature)) = parse_measurement_line(&line) {
            stations
                .entry(station_name.to_string())
                .and_modify(|stats| stats.update(temperature))
                .or_insert_with(|| StationStats::new(temperature));
        }
    }

    stations
}

fn process_file_parallel(path: &PathBuf) -> HashMap<String, StationStats> {
    let file = File::open(path).expect("Failed to open file");
    let reader = BufReader::new(file);

    // Read all lines into a vector (for large files, you'd use chunked reading)
    let lines: Vec<String> = reader.lines().map_while(Result::ok).collect();

    println!("Read {} lines from file", lines.len());

    // Split into chunks for parallel processing
    let num_threads = rayon::current_num_threads();
    let chunk_size = lines.len().div_ceil(num_threads);

    let chunks: Vec<_> = lines
        .chunks(chunk_size)
        .map(|chunk| chunk.to_vec())
        .collect();

    println!(
        "Processing {} chunks using {} threads",
        chunks.len(),
        num_threads
    );

    // Process chunks in parallel
    let results: Vec<HashMap<String, StationStats>> =
        chunks.into_par_iter().map(process_chunk).collect();

    // Merge results from all threads
    let mut merged_stations: HashMap<String, StationStats> = HashMap::new();

    for thread_result in results {
        for (station_name, stats) in thread_result {
            merged_stations
                .entry(station_name)
                .and_modify(|existing| existing.merge(&stats))
                .or_insert(stats);
        }
    }

    merged_stations
}

fn print_results(stations: &HashMap<String, StationStats>) {
    println!("Temperature Statistics by Weather Station:");
    println!("{{");

    let mut station_names: Vec<_> = stations.keys().collect();
    station_names.sort();

    for (i, name) in station_names.iter().enumerate() {
        let stats = &stations[*name];
        print!(
            "{}={:.1}/{:.1}/{:.1}",
            name,
            stats.min_temp,
            stats.mean(),
            stats.max_temp
        );

        if i < station_names.len() - 1 {
            print!(", ");
        }
    }

    println!();
    println!("}}");
}

fn main() {
    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();

    let path = if args.len() > 1 {
        PathBuf::from(&args[1])
    } else {
        println!("Usage: {} <path_to_weather_stations.txt>", args[0]);
        println!("Reading from default path: assets/weather_stations.csv");
        PathBuf::from("assets/weather_stations.csv")
    };

    println!("Processing file: {}", path.display());

    // Use parallel processing for better performance
    let stations = process_file_parallel(&path);

    println!("Processed {} unique weather stations", stations.len());

    print_results(&stations);
}
260724_flamegraph_hyperfine_time_parallels_test
https://younghakim7.github.io/blog/posts/260724_flamegraph_hyperfine_time_parallels_test/
Author
YoungHa
Published at
2026-07-24