runtime/metrics: change unit on *-by-size metrics to match bucket unit

This change modifies the *-by-size metrics' units to be based off the
bucket's unit (bytes) as opposed to the unit of the counts (objects).
This convention is more in-line with distributions in other metrics
systems.

Change-Id: Id3b68a09f52f0e1ff9f4346f613ae1cbd9f52f73
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/282352
Run-TryBot: Michael Knyszek <mknyszek@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Go Bot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Austin Clements <austin@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Pratt <mpratt@google.com>
Trust: Michael Knyszek <mknyszek@google.com>
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Michael Anthony Knyszek 2021-01-07 17:24:39 +00:00 committed by Michael Knyszek
parent c6513bca5a
commit 32afcc9436
4 changed files with 15 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func initMetrics() {
out.scalar = in.sysStats.gcCyclesDone
},
},
"/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:objects": {
"/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:bytes": {
deps: makeStatDepSet(heapStatsDep),
compute: func(in *statAggregate, out *metricValue) {
hist := out.float64HistOrInit(sizeClassBuckets)
@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func initMetrics() {
}
},
},
"/gc/heap/frees-by-size:objects": {
"/gc/heap/frees-by-size:bytes": {
deps: makeStatDepSet(heapStatsDep),
compute: func(in *statAggregate, out *metricValue) {
hist := out.float64HistOrInit(sizeClassBuckets)

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@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ type Description struct {
// Examples of units might be "seconds", "bytes", "bytes/second", "cpu-seconds",
// "byte*cpu-seconds", and "bytes/second/second".
//
// For histograms, multiple units may apply. For instance, the units of the buckets and
// the count. By convention, for histograms, the units of the count are always "samples"
// with the type of sample evident by the metric's name, while the unit in the name
// specifies the buckets' unit.
//
// A complete name might look like "/memory/heap/free:bytes".
Name string
@ -69,12 +74,12 @@ var allDesc = []Description{
Cumulative: true,
},
{
Name: "/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:objects",
Name: "/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:bytes",
Description: "Distribution of all objects allocated by approximate size.",
Kind: KindFloat64Histogram,
},
{
Name: "/gc/heap/frees-by-size:objects",
Name: "/gc/heap/frees-by-size:bytes",
Description: "Distribution of all objects freed by approximate size.",
Kind: KindFloat64Histogram,
},

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@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ Below is the full list of supported metrics, ordered lexicographically.
/gc/cycles/total:gc-cycles
Count of all completed GC cycles.
/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:objects
/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:bytes
Distribution of all objects allocated by approximate size.
/gc/heap/frees-by-size:objects
/gc/heap/frees-by-size:bytes
Distribution of all objects freed by approximate size.
/gc/heap/goal:bytes

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@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestReadMetrics(t *testing.T) {
checkUint64(t, name, samples[i].Value.Uint64(), mstats.BuckHashSys)
case "/memory/classes/total:bytes":
checkUint64(t, name, samples[i].Value.Uint64(), mstats.Sys)
case "/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:objects":
case "/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:bytes":
hist := samples[i].Value.Float64Histogram()
// Skip size class 0 in BySize, because it's always empty and not represented
// in the histogram.
@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestReadMetrics(t *testing.T) {
t.Errorf("histogram counts do not much BySize for class %d: got %d, want %d", i, c, m)
}
}
case "/gc/heap/frees-by-size:objects":
case "/gc/heap/frees-by-size:bytes":
hist := samples[i].Value.Float64Histogram()
// Skip size class 0 in BySize, because it's always empty and not represented
// in the histogram.
@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ func TestReadMetricsConsistency(t *testing.T) {
totalVirtual.got = samples[i].Value.Uint64()
case "/gc/heap/objects:objects":
objects.total = samples[i].Value.Uint64()
case "/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:objects":
case "/gc/heap/allocs-by-size:bytes":
objects.alloc = samples[i].Value.Float64Histogram()
case "/gc/heap/frees-by-size:objects":
case "/gc/heap/frees-by-size:bytes":
objects.free = samples[i].Value.Float64Histogram()
case "/gc/cycles:gc-cycles":
gc.numGC = samples[i].Value.Uint64()