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Date:      Sat, 2 Dec 2000 01:36:54 +0100
From:      Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Java mailing list <freebsd-java@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Performance hint for JDK on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20001202013654.A61526@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20001201192313.A59625@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl>; from ernst@jollem.com on Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 07:23:13PM %2B0100
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Ok, I tested the JDK 1.1.8 with the AWTTest utility, and I wrote a new program
to see if the creation of a java.awt.Frame would perhaps take a longer amount
of time on 1.1.8. Not. It seems JDK 1.1.8 just perhaps heaps better than
1.2.2...

I tested with a number of JDK's, all on my P2-400, 256 MB, 16 bit-color (!),
XFree86 4.0.1f:

   * JDK 1.1.8/FreeBSD
   * JDK 1.2.2b9/FreeBSD
   * JDK 1.2.2b10/FreeBSD
   * JDK 1.3.0_01/Linux (Sun)
   * JDK 1.2.2rc4/Linux (Blackdown)

Here's three tables with run results, the column headers contain the run #.

   Class load                     1      2      3      4
   ---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
   1.1.8/FreeBSD              |   46 |   47 |   45 |   46 |
   1.2.2b9/FreeBSD            |  142 |  142 |  142 |  142 |
   1.2.2b10/FreeBSD           |  167 |  167 |  168 |  168 |
   1.3.0_01/Linux (Sun)       |  443 |  437 |  437 |  438 |
   1.2.2rc4/Linux (Blackdown) |  315 |  313 |  315 |  314 |

   AWT startup                    1      2      3      4
   ---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
   1.1.8/FreeBSD              |   44 |   44 |   43 |   42 |
   1.2.2b9/FreeBSD            |  444 |  444 |  445 |  455 |
   1.2.2b10/FreeBSD           |  437 |  438 |  444 |  451 |
   1.3.0_01/Linux (Sun)       |  415 |  415 |  413 |  414 |
   1.2.2rc4/Linux (Blackdown) | 1064 | 1070 | 1067 | 1063 |

   Frame create                   1      2      3      4
   ---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
   1.1.8/FreeBSD              |   17 |   19 |   17 |   18 |
   1.2.2b9/FreeBSD            |   13 |   13 |   14 |   14 |
   1.2.2b10/FreeBSD           |   11 |   11 |   12 |   12 |
   1.3.0_01/Linux (Sun)       |   12 |   12 |   12 |   12 |
   1.2.2rc4/Linux (Blackdown) |   11 |   11 |   11 |   11 |

What surprises me most is that the native 1.1.8 was so fast. And I wonder why
the native 1.2.2b10 is just a bit slower than the older b9.

Ernst


Ernst de Haan wrote:
> Look twice, it's there :)
> 
> Nate Williams wrote:
> > > Ok, the votes are counted, the results are in :) I've written a small Java
> > > program I wrote to produce new test results that should be reproducable on
> > > other (FreeBSD) systems too. I've included the .java file in an attachment,
> > > and, for your convenience, the AWTTest.class file.
> > 
> > For those of us who are absolutely paranoid, can you send the original
> > .java file?  I *hate* running binaries on my system that I know nothing
> > about.  (No offense, to Ernst in implying that he's trying to breakin).
> > 
> > Also, having the source allows it to be used for profiling when we do
> > additional ports and such.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > 
> > Nate
> > 
> > > Ernst de Haan wrote:
> > > > Heya Kees-Jan and all,
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > > I never knew that it is a 400% performance boost, which does sound a little
> > > > > > strange. I'm really curious why that is.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Well, I turned on profiling, and found that most of the time is spent in X11
> > > > > specific Java code. I will re-run the tests after I temporarily disabled your
> > > > > suggested modifications.
> > > > 
> > > > Okay, I did a little profiling (using -Xrunhprof:cpu=times). This is the top
> > > > 10 when I dont have the modified font.properties file:
> > > > 
> > > >    CPU TIME (ms) BEGIN (total = 29358) Fri Dec  1 17:55:12 2000
> > > >    rank   self  accum   count trace method
> > > >       1 24.71% 24.71%  253952  1304 sun/io/CharToByteSingleByte.getNative
> > > >       2 16.04% 40.76%    8188  1399 sun/io/CharToByteSingleByte.convert
> > > >       3 12.93% 53.69%  253952   182 java/lang/String.charAt
> > > >       4  2.25% 55.94%    8184   620 java/lang/Throwable.fillInStackTrace
> > > >       5  1.44% 57.38%    8258   938 java/lang/String.<init>
> > > >       6  1.33% 58.71%       1  1275 sun/awt/font/NativeFontWrapper.registerFonts
> > > >       7  1.21% 59.93%    8184   867 java/lang/Throwable.<init>
> > > >       8  1.08% 61.01%   10958   153 java/io/StreamTokenizer.read
> > > >       9  1.07% 62.08%   10958   623 java/io/BufferedInputStream.read
> > > >      10  0.91% 62.99%     318   123 java/util/Properties.loadConvert
> > > > 
> > > > The traces for the top 3 are:
> > > > 
> > > >    TRACE 1304:
> > > >       sun/io/CharToByteSingleByte.getNative
> > > >       sun/io/CharToByteSingleByte.convert
> > > >       sun/awt/font/NativeFontWrapper.registerFonts
> > > >       sun/awt/X11GraphicsEnvironment.registerNativeFonts
> > > > 
> > > >    TRACE 1399:
> > > >       sun/io/CharToByteSingleByte.convert
> > > >       sun/awt/font/NativeFontWrapper.registerFonts
> > > >       sun/awt/X11GraphicsEnvironment.registerNativeFonts
> > > >       sun/java2d/SunGraphicsEnvironment$2.run
> > > > 
> > > >    TRACE 182:
> > > >       java/lang/String.charAt
> > > >       sun/io/CharToByteSingleByte.getNative
> > > >       sun/io/CharToByteSingleByte.convert
> > > >       sun/awt/font/NativeFontWrapper.registerFonts
> > > > 
> > > > Here are the startup times for AWT:
> > > > 
> > > >           Original:         w/modifications:
> > > >           ----------------  ------------------------------
> > > >    run 1: 2607 ms           608 ms
> > > >    run 2: 2579 ms           573 ms
> > > >    run 3: 2583 ms           601 ms
> > > >    run 4: 2713 ms           599 ms
> > > > 
> > > > Note: The only modifications performed are adding the URW fonts to my
> > > > XF86Config and using the font.properties from Kees-Jan's site instead of the
> > > > original one!
> > > > 
> > > > Here is the top 10 of CPU time eaters for my application with the
> > > > modifications applied:
> > > > 
> > > >    CPU TIME (ms) BEGIN (total = 9169) Fri Dec  1 17:46:56 2000
> > > >    rank   self  accum   count trace method
> > > >       1  2.91%  2.91%     318   110 java/util/Properties.loadConvert
> > > >       2  2.75%  5.66%     252   109 java/util/Properties.loadConvert
> > > >       3  2.25%  7.91%       5   158 java/util/Properties.load
> > > >       4  1.98%  9.89%    6356   987 java/lang/String.indexOf
> > > >       5  1.73% 11.63%    5479   584 java/io/BufferedInputStream.read
> > > >       6  1.73% 13.36%    5479   142 java/io/StreamTokenizer.read
> > > >       7  1.49% 14.85%    8590   203 java/lang/StringBuffer.append
> > > >       8  1.42% 16.27%    8590   675 java/lang/String.charAt
> > > >       9  1.41% 17.68%    8133   946 java/lang/StringBuffer.append
> > > >      10  1.36% 19.04%    8133   207 java/lang/String.charAt
> > > > 
> > > > Now all of a sudden my application code comes on top. And that's the way I
> > > > like it! :)
> > > > 
> > > > IMHO these results are quite amazing!
> > > > 
> > > > Next thing I'll do is write a small program that will do nothing but starting
> > > > AWT and displaying the startup times, as the current results are obtained by
> > > > looking at the log output of my own Swing application.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Ernst
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
> > > > 
> > > public class AWTTest {
> > > 
> > >    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
> > > 
> > >       // Load the Toolkit class from the AWT package
> > >       long beforeClassLoad = System.currentTimeMillis();
> > >       Class c = Class.forName("java.awt.Toolkit");
> > >       long afterClassLoad = System.currentTimeMillis();
> > > 
> > >       // Get the getDefaultToolkit() class function
> > >       java.lang.reflect.Method m = c.getMethod("getDefaultToolkit", null);
> > > 
> > >       // Invoke the class function
> > >       long beforeInvoke = System.currentTimeMillis();
> > >       m.invoke(null, null);
> > >       long afterInvoke = System.currentTimeMillis();
> > > 
> > >       long t1 = afterClassLoad - beforeClassLoad;
> > >       long t2 = afterInvoke    - beforeInvoke;
> > > 
> > >       System.out.println("Class load took:  " + t1 + " ms.");
> > >       System.out.println("AWT startup took: " + t2 + " ms.");
> > >       System.exit(0);
> > >    }
> > > }
> > 
> 
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