Diagnose invalid PauseTiming()/ResumeTiming() calls (#2235)

docs/user_guide.md

@@ -1347,6 +1347,12 @@ BENCHMARK(BM_SetInsert_With_Timer_Control)->Ranges({{1<<10, 8<<10}, {128, 512}})
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+Both calls are only valid inside the benchmark loop. Calling them outside it
+stops a timer that was never started, which adds an absolute clock reading to
+the reported time instead of a duration. This is asserted, and the assertion is
+compiled into the benchmark rather than into the library, so it fires whenever
+the benchmark itself is built without `NDEBUG`.
+
 For convenience, a `ScopedPauseTiming` class is provided to manage pausing and
 resuming timers within a scope. This is less error-prone than manually calling
 `PauseTiming` and `ResumeTiming`.

include/benchmark/state.h

@@ -52,9 +52,24 @@ class BENCHMARK_EXPORT BENCHMARK_INTERNAL_CACHELINE_ALIGNED State {
 
   inline bool KeepRunningBatch(IterationCount n);
 
-  void PauseTiming();
+  // Only valid while the benchmark loop is running.
+  //
+  // Forced inline so the assertion is compiled with the caller's NDEBUG.
+  // State is exported, and MSVC otherwise calls the copy of this function
+  // inside benchmark.dll, which was built with the library's NDEBUG.
+  inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void PauseTiming() {
+    assert(started_ && !finished_ && !skipped() &&
+           "PauseTiming() called outside of the benchmark loop");
+    PauseTimingImpl();
+  }
 
-  void ResumeTiming();
+  // Only valid while the benchmark loop is running. Forced inline for the
+  // same reason as PauseTiming().
+  inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE void ResumeTiming() {
+    assert(started_ && !finished_ && !skipped() &&
+           "ResumeTiming() called outside of the benchmark loop");
+    ResumeTimingImpl();
+  }
 
   void SkipWithMessage(const std::string& msg);
 
@@ -164,6 +179,12 @@ class BENCHMARK_EXPORT BENCHMARK_INTERNAL_CACHELINE_ALIGNED State {
   inline bool KeepRunningInternal(IterationCount n, bool is_batch);
   void FinishKeepRunning();
 
+  // The checked entry points above forward here; keeping the bodies out of
+  // line keeps the assertions with the caller, whose NDEBUG decides whether
+  // they are compiled in.
+  void PauseTimingImpl();
+  void ResumeTimingImpl();
+
   const std::string name_;
   const int thread_index_;
   const int threads_;

src/benchmark.cc

@@ -236,9 +236,8 @@ State::State(std::string name, IterationCount max_iters,
          "line";
 }
 
-void State::PauseTiming() {
+void State::PauseTimingImpl() {
   // Add in time accumulated so far
-  BM_CHECK(started_ && !finished_ && !skipped());
   timer_->StopTimer();
   if (perf_counters_measurement_ != nullptr) {
     std::vector<std::pair<std::string, double>> measurements;
@@ -255,8 +254,7 @@ void State::PauseTiming() {
   }
 }
 
-void State::ResumeTiming() {
-  BM_CHECK(started_ && !finished_ && !skipped());
+void State::ResumeTimingImpl() {
   timer_->StartTimer();
   if (perf_counters_measurement_ != nullptr) {
     perf_counters_measurement_->Start();

test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ benchmark_add_test(NAME basic_benchmark COMMAND basic_test --benchmark_min_time=
 compile_output_test(repetitions_test)
 benchmark_add_test(NAME repetitions_benchmark COMMAND repetitions_test --benchmark_min_time=0.01s --benchmark_repetitions=3)
 
-compile_benchmark_test(diagnostics_test)
-benchmark_add_test(NAME diagnostics_test COMMAND diagnostics_test --benchmark_min_time=0.01s)
 
 compile_benchmark_test(skip_with_error_test)
 benchmark_add_test(NAME skip_with_error_test COMMAND skip_with_error_test --benchmark_min_time=0.01s)

test/benchmark_gtest.cc

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "../src/benchmark_register.h"
-#include "benchmark/benchmark_api.h"
+#include "benchmark/benchmark.h"
 #include "gmock/gmock.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 
@@ -164,6 +164,92 @@ TEST(AddCustomContext, DuplicateKey) {
   global_context = nullptr;
 }
 
+// PauseTiming() and ResumeTiming() assert when called outside the benchmark
+// loop (#2235).
+void BM_pause_before_loop(benchmark::State& state) {
+  state.PauseTiming();
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_pause_before_loop)->Iterations(1);
+
+void BM_resume_before_loop(benchmark::State& state) {
+  state.ResumeTiming();
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_resume_before_loop)->Iterations(1);
+
+void BM_pause_after_loop(benchmark::State& state) {
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+  }
+  state.PauseTiming();
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_pause_after_loop)->Iterations(1);
+
+void BM_resume_after_loop(benchmark::State& state) {
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+  }
+  state.ResumeTiming();
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_resume_after_loop)->Iterations(1);
+
+void BM_pause_and_resume_in_loop(benchmark::State& state) {
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    state.PauseTiming();
+    state.ResumeTiming();
+  }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_pause_and_resume_in_loop)->Iterations(1);
+
+class CapturingReporter : public BenchmarkReporter {
+ public:
+  bool ReportContext(const Context& /*context*/) override { return true; }
+  void ReportRuns(const std::vector<Run>& runs) override {
+    runs_.insert(runs_.end(), runs.begin(), runs.end());
+  }
+
+  const std::vector<Run>& runs() const { return runs_; }
+
+ private:
+  std::vector<Run> runs_;
+};
+
+std::vector<BenchmarkReporter::Run> RunOne(const std::string& name) {
+  CapturingReporter reporter;
+  RunSpecifiedBenchmarks(&reporter, name);
+  return reporter.runs();
+}
+
+TEST(TimingDeathTest, PauseBeforeLoop) {
+  ASSERT_DEBUG_DEATH(RunOne("BM_pause_before_loop"), "PauseTiming");
+}
+
+TEST(TimingDeathTest, PauseAfterLoop) {
+  ASSERT_DEBUG_DEATH(RunOne("BM_pause_after_loop"), "PauseTiming");
+}
+
+TEST(TimingDeathTest, ResumeBeforeLoop) {
+  ASSERT_DEBUG_DEATH(RunOne("BM_resume_before_loop"), "ResumeTiming");
+}
+
+TEST(TimingDeathTest, ResumeAfterLoop) {
+  ASSERT_DEBUG_DEATH(RunOne("BM_resume_after_loop"), "ResumeTiming");
+}
+
+TEST(TimingTest, PauseAndResumeInLoopReportSaneTime) {
+  const std::vector<BenchmarkReporter::Run> runs =
+      RunOne("BM_pause_and_resume_in_loop");
+  ASSERT_EQ(runs.size(), 1u);
+  EXPECT_EQ(runs[0].skipped, 0u);
+  // One iteration of an empty loop. A whole second would mean an absolute
+  // clock reading was accumulated instead of a duration.
+  EXPECT_GE(runs[0].real_accumulated_time, 0.0);
+  EXPECT_LT(runs[0].real_accumulated_time, 1.0);
+  EXPECT_GE(runs[0].cpu_accumulated_time, 0.0);
+  EXPECT_LT(runs[0].cpu_accumulated_time, 1.0);
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace benchmark