Added the functionality for a dry run benchmark called through the cli argument --benchmark_dry_run. (#1851)

* Added benchmark_dry_run boolean flag to command line options

* Dry run logic to exit early and override iterations, repetitions, min time, min warmup time

* Changeddry run override logic structure and added dry run to context

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Co-authored-by: Shaan <shaanmistry03@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Shaan Mistry <49106143+Shaan-Mistry@users.noreply.github.com>

src/benchmark.cc

@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ BM_DEFINE_double(benchmark_min_warmup_time, 0.0);
 // standard deviation of the runs will be reported.
 BM_DEFINE_int32(benchmark_repetitions, 1);
 
+// If enabled, forces each benchmark to execute exactly one iteration and one
+// repetition, bypassing any configured
+// MinTime()/MinWarmUpTime()/Iterations()/Repetitions()
+BM_DEFINE_bool(benchmark_dry_run, false);
+
 // If set, enable random interleaving of repetitions of all benchmarks.
 // See http://github.com/google/benchmark/issues/1051 for details.
 BM_DEFINE_bool(benchmark_enable_random_interleaving, false);
@@ -717,6 +722,7 @@ void ParseCommandLineFlags(int* argc, char** argv) {
                         &FLAGS_benchmark_min_warmup_time) ||
         ParseInt32Flag(argv[i], "benchmark_repetitions",
                        &FLAGS_benchmark_repetitions) ||
+        ParseBoolFlag(argv[i], "benchmark_dry_run", &FLAGS_benchmark_dry_run) ||
         ParseBoolFlag(argv[i], "benchmark_enable_random_interleaving",
                       &FLAGS_benchmark_enable_random_interleaving) ||
         ParseBoolFlag(argv[i], "benchmark_report_aggregates_only",
@@ -755,6 +761,9 @@ void ParseCommandLineFlags(int* argc, char** argv) {
   if (FLAGS_benchmark_color.empty()) {
     PrintUsageAndExit();
   }
+  if (FLAGS_benchmark_dry_run) {
+    AddCustomContext("dry_run", "true");
+  }
   for (const auto& kv : FLAGS_benchmark_context) {
     AddCustomContext(kv.first, kv.second);
   }
@@ -783,6 +792,7 @@ void PrintDefaultHelp() {
           "          [--benchmark_min_time=`<integer>x` OR `<float>s` ]\n"
           "          [--benchmark_min_warmup_time=<min_warmup_time>]\n"
           "          [--benchmark_repetitions=<num_repetitions>]\n"
+          "          [--benchmark_dry_run={true|false}]\n"
           "          [--benchmark_enable_random_interleaving={true|false}]\n"
           "          [--benchmark_report_aggregates_only={true|false}]\n"
           "          [--benchmark_display_aggregates_only={true|false}]\n"

src/benchmark_runner.cc

@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@
 
 namespace benchmark {
 
+BM_DECLARE_bool(benchmark_dry_run);
+BM_DECLARE_string(benchmark_min_time);
+BM_DECLARE_double(benchmark_min_warmup_time);
+BM_DECLARE_int32(benchmark_repetitions);
+BM_DECLARE_bool(benchmark_report_aggregates_only);
+BM_DECLARE_bool(benchmark_display_aggregates_only);
+BM_DECLARE_string(benchmark_perf_counters);
+
 namespace internal {
 
 MemoryManager* memory_manager = nullptr;
@@ -228,20 +236,29 @@ BenchmarkRunner::BenchmarkRunner(
     : b(b_),
       reports_for_family(reports_for_family_),
       parsed_benchtime_flag(ParseBenchMinTime(FLAGS_benchmark_min_time)),
-      min_time(ComputeMinTime(b_, parsed_benchtime_flag)),
-      min_warmup_time((!IsZero(b.min_time()) && b.min_warmup_time() > 0.0)
-                          ? b.min_warmup_time()
-                          : FLAGS_benchmark_min_warmup_time),
-      warmup_done(!(min_warmup_time > 0.0)),
-      repeats(b.repetitions() != 0 ? b.repetitions()
-                                   : FLAGS_benchmark_repetitions),
+      min_time(FLAGS_benchmark_dry_run
+                   ? 0
+                   : ComputeMinTime(b_, parsed_benchtime_flag)),
+      min_warmup_time(
+          FLAGS_benchmark_dry_run
+              ? 0
+              : ((!IsZero(b.min_time()) && b.min_warmup_time() > 0.0)
+                     ? b.min_warmup_time()
+                     : FLAGS_benchmark_min_warmup_time)),
+      warmup_done(FLAGS_benchmark_dry_run ? true : !(min_warmup_time > 0.0)),
+      repeats(FLAGS_benchmark_dry_run
+                  ? 1
+                  : (b.repetitions() != 0 ? b.repetitions()
+                                          : FLAGS_benchmark_repetitions)),
       has_explicit_iteration_count(b.iterations() != 0 ||
                                    parsed_benchtime_flag.tag ==
                                        BenchTimeType::ITERS),
       pool(static_cast<size_t>(b.threads() - 1)),
-      iters(has_explicit_iteration_count
-                ? ComputeIters(b_, parsed_benchtime_flag)
-                : 1),
+      iters(FLAGS_benchmark_dry_run
+                ? 1
+                : (has_explicit_iteration_count
+                       ? ComputeIters(b_, parsed_benchtime_flag)
+                       : 1)),
       perf_counters_measurement_ptr(pcm_) {
   run_results.display_report_aggregates_only =
       (FLAGS_benchmark_report_aggregates_only ||
@@ -339,7 +356,7 @@ bool BenchmarkRunner::ShouldReportIterationResults(
   // Determine if this run should be reported;
   // Either it has run for a sufficient amount of time
   // or because an error was reported.
-  return i.results.skipped_ ||
+  return i.results.skipped_ || FLAGS_benchmark_dry_run ||
          i.iters >= kMaxIterations ||  // Too many iterations already.
          i.seconds >=
              GetMinTimeToApply() ||  // The elapsed time is large enough.

src/benchmark_runner.h

@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@
 
 namespace benchmark {
 
-BM_DECLARE_string(benchmark_min_time);
-BM_DECLARE_double(benchmark_min_warmup_time);
-BM_DECLARE_int32(benchmark_repetitions);
-BM_DECLARE_bool(benchmark_report_aggregates_only);
-BM_DECLARE_bool(benchmark_display_aggregates_only);
-BM_DECLARE_string(benchmark_perf_counters);
-
 namespace internal {
 
 extern MemoryManager* memory_manager;