README.md
1# ANGLE Restricted Traces
2
3The files in this directory are traces of real applications. We host them
4internally because they may contain third party IP which we don't want
5to share publicly.
6
7## Accessing the traces
8
9In order to compile and run with these, you must be granted access by Google,
10then authenticate with [CIPD](CIPD). Googlers, use your @google account.
11```
12cipd auth-login
13```
14Add the following to ANGLE's .gclient file:
15```
16 "custom_vars": {
17 "checkout_angle_restricted_traces": True
18 },
19```
20Then use gclient to pull down binary files from CIPD.
21```
22gclient sync -D
23```
24This should result in a number of directories created in `src/tests/restricted_traces` that contain
25the trace files listed in [restricted_traces.json](restricted_traces.json):
26```
27$ ls -d src/tests/restricted_traces/*/
28src/tests/restricted_traces/aliexpress/
29src/tests/restricted_traces/angry_birds_2_1500/
30src/tests/restricted_traces/arena_of_valor/
31src/tests/restricted_traces/asphalt_8/
32src/tests/restricted_traces/brawl_stars/
33src/tests/restricted_traces/bus_simulator_indonesia/
34src/tests/restricted_traces/candy_crush_500/
35src/tests/restricted_traces/clash_of_clans/
36src/tests/restricted_traces/clash_royale/
37src/tests/restricted_traces/cod_mobile/
38...
39```
40
41[CIPD]: https://chromium.googlesource.com/infra/luci/luci-go/+/master/cipd/README.md
42
43## Building the trace tests
44
45To build for Android, follow the steps in [DevSetupAndroid.md](../../../doc/DevSetupAndroid.md)
46(Recommend using the [`Performance`](../../../doc/DevSetupAndroid.md#performance-config) arguments
47for best performance)
48
49To build for Desktop, follow the steps in [DevSetup.md](../../../doc/DevSetup.md)
50
51When that is working, add the following GN arg to your setup:
52```
53build_angle_trace_perf_tests = true
54```
55To build the angle_perftests:
56```
57autoninja -C out/<config> angle_perftests
58```
59Run them like so:
60```
61out/<config>/angle_perftests --gtest_filter=TracePerfTest*
62```
63
64# Capturing and adding new Android traces
65
66Generally we want to use a Debug setup for recording new traces. That allows us to see asserts and
67errors if the tracer needs to be improved.
68Add the following GN arg to your Debug setup:
69```
70angle_with_capture_by_default = true
71```
72
73After [building](../../../doc/DevSetupAndroid.md#building-angle-for-android) and
74[installing](../../../doc/DevSetupAndroid.md#install-the-angle-apk) the APK with the above arg,
75we're ready to start capturing.
76
77## Determine the target app
78
79We first need to identify which application we want to trace. That can generally be done by
80looking at the web-based Play Store entry for your app. For instance, Angry Birds 2 is listed
81here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.baba
82
83If there is no Play Store entry for your app, there are a couple of ways you can determine the
84app's name.
85
86If you have a userdebug build of Android, you can check logcat when you launch the application.
87You should see an entry like this:
88```
89GraphicsEnvironment: ANGLE Developer option for 'com.rovio.baba' set to: 'default'
90```
91If you just have an APK, you can use the following command to find the package name:
92```
93$ aapt dump badging angry_birds_2.apk | grep package
94package: name='com.rovio.baba' versionCode='24900001' versionName='2.49.1' platformBuildVersionName=''
95```
96You can also just guess at the package name, then check your device to see if it is installed. Keep
97trying combinations until you find it:
98```
99$ adb shell pm list packages | grep rovio
100package:com.rovio.baba
101```
102Track the package name for use in later steps:
103```
104export PACKAGE_NAME=com.rovio.baba
105```
106
107## Choose a trace name
108
109Next, we need to chose a name for the trace. Choose something simple that identifies the app, then use snake
110case. This will be the name of the trace files, including the trace directory. Changing this value later is possible,
111but not recommended.
112```
113export LABEL=angry_birds_2
114```
115
116## Opt the application into ANGLE
117
118Next, opt the application into using your ANGLE with capture enabled by default:
119```
120adb shell settings put global angle_debug_package org.chromium.angle
121adb shell settings put global angle_gl_driver_selection_pkgs $PACKAGE_NAME
122adb shell settings put global angle_gl_driver_selection_values angle
123```
124
125## Set up some Capture/Replay properties
126
127We also need to set some debug properties used by the tracer.
128
129Ensure frame capture is enabled. This might be redundant, but ensure the property isn't set to
130zero, which disables frame capture.
131```
132adb shell setprop debug.angle.capture.enabled 1
133```
134Empty the start and end frames. Again, this might be redundant, but it is less confusing.
135```
136adb shell setprop debug.angle.capture.frame_start '""'
137adb shell setprop debug.angle.capture.frame_end '""'
138```
139Set the label to be used in the trace files
140```
141adb shell setprop debug.angle.capture.label $LABEL
142```
143Set a trigger value to be used by the tracer. This should be set to the *number of frames* you want
144to capture. We typically use 10 to get an idea of how a scene is running, but some workloads
145require more. Use your discretion here:
146```
147adb shell setprop debug.angle.capture.trigger 10
148```
149
150## Create output location
151
152We need to write out the trace file in a location accessible by the app. We use the app's data
153storage on sdcard, but create a subfolder to isolate ANGLE's files:
154```
155adb shell mkdir -p /sdcard/Android/data/$PACKAGE_NAME/angle_capture
156```
157
158## Start the target app
159
160From here, you can start the application. You should see logcat entries like the following,
161indicating that we've succesfully turned on capturing:
162```
163ANGLE : INFO: Capture trigger detected, disabling capture start/end frame.
164ANGLE : INFO: Limiting binary format support count to zero while FrameCapture enabled
165ANGLE : INFO: Limiting image unit count to 8 while FrameCapture enabled
166ANGLE : INFO: Setting uniform buffer offset alignment to 256 while FrameCapture enabled
167ANGLE : INFO: Disabling GL_EXT_map_buffer_range and GL_OES_mapbuffer during capture, which are not supported on some native drivers
168ANGLE : INFO: Disabling GL_CHROMIUM_bind_uniform_location during capture, which is not supported on native drivers
169ANGLE : INFO: Disabling GL_NV_shader_noperspective_interpolation during capture, which is not supported on some native drivers
170ANGLE : INFO: Limiting draw buffer count to 4 while FrameCapture enabled
171```
172## Trigger the capture
173
174When you have reached the content in your application that you want to record, set the trigger
175value to zero:
176```
177adb shell setprop debug.angle.capture.trigger 0
178```
179In logcat we'll see another entry corresponding to this:
180```
181ANGLE : INFO: Capture triggered after frame 30440 for 10 frames
182```
183The app may pause briefly when the capture is completing. You can check its progress by looking at
184the file system:
185```
186adb shell ls -la /sdcard/Android/data/$PACKAGE_NAME/angle_capture
187```
188Allow the app to run until the `*angledata.gz` file is non-zero and no longer growing. The app
189should continue rendering after that:
190```
191$ adb shell ls -s -w 1 /sdcard/Android/data/$PACKAGE_NAME/angle_capture
19230528 angry_birds_2_capture_context1.angledata.gz
193 8 angry_birds_2_capture_context1.cpp
194 4 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_files.txt
195 768 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame001.cpp
196 100 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame002.cpp
197 100 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame003.cpp
198 100 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame004.cpp
199 100 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame005.cpp
200 104 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame006.cpp
201 100 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame007.cpp
202 100 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame008.cpp
203 100 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame009.cpp
204 100 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame010.cpp
205 120 angry_birds_2_capture_context1_frame011.cpp
206 8 angry_birds_2_capture_context1.h
207```
208Note, you may see multiple contexts captured in the output. When this happens, look at the size of
209the files. The larger files should be the context you care about it. You should move or delete the
210other context files.
211
212## Pull the trace files
213
214Next, we want to pull those files over to the host and run some scripts.
215```
216cd $CHROMIUM_SRC/third_party/angle/src/tests/restricted_traces
217mkdir -p $LABEL
218adb pull /sdcard/Android/data/$PACKAGE_NAME/angle_capture/. $LABEL/
219```
220
221## Add the new trace to the JSON list
222
223The list of traces is tracked in [restricted_traces.json](restricted_traces.json). Manually add your
224new trace to this list. Use version "1" for the trace version.
225
226You can also use a tool called `jq` to update the list. This ensures we get them in
227alphabetical order with no duplicates. It can also be done by hand if you are unable to install it,
228for some reason.
229```
230sudo apt-get install jq
231```
232Then run the following command:
233```
234export VERSION=1
235jq ".traces = (.traces + [\"$LABEL $VERSION\"] | unique)" restricted_traces.json | sponge restricted_traces.json
236```
237
238## Run code auto-generation
239
240We use two scripts to update the test harness so it will compile and run the new trace:
241```
242python ./gen_restricted_traces.py
243cd ../../..
244python ./scripts/run_code_generation.py
245```
246After this you should be able to `git diff` and see your new trace added to the harness files:
247```
248$ git diff --stat
249 scripts/code_generation_hashes/restricted_traces.json | 12 +++++++-----
250 src/tests/restricted_traces/.gitignore | 2 ++
251 src/tests/restricted_traces/restricted_traces.json | 1 +
252 src/tests/restricted_traces/restricted_traces_autogen.cpp | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
253 src/tests/restricted_traces/restricted_traces_autogen.gni | 1 +
254 src/tests/restricted_traces/restricted_traces_autogen.h | 1 +
255 6 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
256```
257Note the absence of the traces themselves listed above. They are automatically .gitignored since
258they won't be checked in directly to the repo.
259
260## Upload your trace to CIPD
261
262Once you feel good about your trace, you can upload it to our collection of traces. This can only
263be done by Googlers with write access to the trace CIPD prefix. If you need write access contact
264someone listed in the `OWNERS` file.
265
266```
267sync_restricted_traces_to_cipd.py
268```
269
270## Upload your CL
271
272Ensure your current working directory is up-to-date, and upload:
273
274```
275git cl upload
276```
277
278You're now ready to run your new trace on CI!
279