[profiler] Implement POC Sampling Heap Profiler

include/v8-profiler.h

 // Copyright 2010 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef V8_V8_PROFILER_H_
 #define V8_V8_PROFILER_H_
 
+#include <deque>
+#include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include "v8.h"  // NOLINT(build/include)
 
 /**
  * Profiler support for the V8 JavaScript engine.
  */
 namespace v8 {
 
 class HeapGraphNode;
 struct HeapStatsUpdate;
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   virtual ~ActivityControl() {}
   /**
    * Notify about current progress. The activity can be stopped by
    * returning kAbort as the callback result.
    */
   virtual ControlOption ReportProgressValue(int done, int total) = 0;
 };
 
 
 /**
+ * AllocationProfile is a sampled profile of allocations done by the program.
+ * This is structured as a call-graph.
+ */
+class V8_EXPORT AllocationProfile {
+ public:
+  struct Allocation {
+    /**
+     * Size of the sampled allocation object.
+     */
+    size_t size;
+
+    /**
+     * The number of objects of such size that were sampled.
+     */
+    unsigned int count;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Represents a node in the call-graph.
+   */
+  struct Node {
+    /**
+     * Name of the function. May be empty for anonymous functions or if the
+     * script corresponding to this function has been unloaded.
+     */
+    Local<String> name;
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the script containing the function. May be empty if the script
+     * name is not available, or if the script has been unloaded.
+     */
+    Local<String> script_name;
+
+    /**
+     * id of the script where the function is located. May be equal to
+     * v8::UnboundScript::kNoScriptId in cases where the script doesn't exist.
+     */
+    int script_id;
+
+    /**
+     * Start position of the function in the script.
+     */
+    int start_position;
+
+    /**
+     * 1-indexed line number where the function starts. May be
+     * kNoLineNumberInfo if no line number information is available.
+     */
+    int line_number;
+
+    /**
+     * 1-indexed column number where the function starts. May be
+     * kNoColumnNumberInfo if no line number information is available.
+     */
+    int column_number;
+
+    /**
+     * List of callees called from this node for which we have sampled
+     * allocations. The lifetime of the children is scoped to the containing
+     * AllocationProfile.
+     */
+    std::vector<Node*> children;
+
+    /**
+     * List of self allocations done by this node in the call-graph.
+     */
+    std::vector<Allocation> allocations;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the root node of the call-graph. The root node corresponds to an
+   * empty JS call-stack. The lifetime of the returned Node* is scoped to the
+   * containing AllocationProfile.
+   */
+  Node* GetRootNode();
+
+  static const int kNoLineNumberInfo = Message::kNoLineNumberInfo;
+  static const int kNoColumnNumberInfo = Message::kNoColumnInfo;
+
+  // This data structure can be large. It can be moved but we want to avoid
+  // accidental copies.
+  AllocationProfile() {}
+  AllocationProfile(AllocationProfile&& other) = default;
+  AllocationProfile& operator=(AllocationProfile&& other) = default;
+  AllocationProfile(AllocationProfile& other) = delete;
+  AllocationProfile& operator=(AllocationProfile& other) = delete;
+
+  /**
+   * Holds onto the storage for all the nodes in the profile. Use GetRootNode
+   * instead of directly iterating the following list.
+   */
+  std::deque<Node> nodes;
+};
+
+
+/**
  * Interface for controlling heap profiling. Instance of the
  * profiler can be retrieved using v8::Isolate::GetHeapProfiler.
  */
 class V8_EXPORT HeapProfiler {
  public:
   /**
    * Callback function invoked for obtaining RetainedObjectInfo for
    * the given JavaScript wrapper object. It is prohibited to enter V8
    * while the callback is running: only getters on the handle and
    * GetPointerFromInternalField on the objects are allowed.
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                                 int64_t* timestamp_us = NULL);
 
   /**
    * Stops tracking of heap objects population statistics, cleans up all
    * collected data. StartHeapObjectsTracking must be called again prior to
    * calling GetHeapStats next time.
    */
   void StopTrackingHeapObjects();
 
   /**
+   * Starts gathering a sampling heap profile. A sampling heap profile is
+   * similar to tcmalloc's heap profiler and Go's mprof. It samples object
+   * allocations and builds an online 'sampling' heap profile. At any point in
+   * time, this profile is expected to be a representative sample of objects
+   * currently live in the system. Each sampled allocation includes the stack
+   * trace at the time of allocation, which makes this really useful for memory
+   * leak detection.
+   *
+   * This mechanism is intended to be cheap enough that it can be used in
+   * production with minimal performance overhead.
+   *
+   * Allocations are sampled using a randomized Poisson process. On average, one
+   * allocation will be sampled every |sample_interval| bytes allocated. The
+   * |stack_depth| parameter controls the maximum number of stack frames to be
+   * captured on each allocation.
+   *
+   * NOTE: This is a proof-of-concept at this point. Right now we only sample
+   * newspace allocations. Support for paged space allocation (e.g. pre-tenured
+   * objects, large objects, code objects, etc.) and native allocations
+   * doesn't exist yet, but is anticipated in the future.
+   *
+   * Objects allocated before the sampling is started will not be included in
+   * the profile.
+   *
+   * Returns false if a sampling heap profiler is already running.
+   */
+  bool StartSamplingHeapProfiler(uint64_t sample_interval = 512 * 1024,
+                                 int stack_depth = 16);
+
+  /**
+   * Stops the sampling heap profile and discards the current profile.
+   */
+  void StopSamplingHeapProfiler();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the sampled profile of allocations allocated (and still live) since
+   * StartSamplingHeapProfiler was called.
+   */
+  AllocationProfile GetAllocationProfile();
+
+  /**
    * Deletes all snapshots taken. All previously returned pointers to
    * snapshots and their contents become invalid after this call.
    */
   void DeleteAllHeapSnapshots();
 
   /** Binds a callback to embedder's class ID. */
   void SetWrapperClassInfoProvider(
       uint16_t class_id,
       WrapperInfoCallback callback);
 
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   uint32_t index;  // Index of the time interval that was changed.
   uint32_t count;  // New value of count field for the interval with this index.
   uint32_t size;  // New value of size field for the interval with this index.
 };
 
 
 }  // namespace v8
 
 
 #endif  // V8_V8_PROFILER_H_