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- 1. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Research & Development Division Pitfalls of Object Oriented Programming Tony Albrecht – Technical Consultant Developer Services
- 2. What I will be covering • A quick look at Object Oriented (OO) programming • A common example • Optimisation of that example • Summary Slide 2
- 3. Object Oriented (OO) Programming • What is OO programming? – • a programming paradigm that uses "objects" – data structures consisting of datafields and methods together with their interactions – to design applications and computer programs. (Wikipedia) Includes features such as – – – – Data abstraction Encapsulation Polymorphism Inheritance Slide 3
- 4. What’s OOP for? • OO programming allows you to think about problems in terms of objects and their interactions. • Each object is (ideally) self contained – Contains its own code and data. – Defines an interface to its code and data. • Each object can be perceived as a „black box‟. Slide 4
- 5. Objects • If objects are self contained then they can be – Reused. – Maintained without side effects. – Used without understanding internal implementation/representation. • This is good, yes? Slide 5
- 6. Are Objects Good? • Well, yes • And no. • First some history. Slide 6
- 7. A Brief History of C++ C++ development started 1979 2009 Slide 7
- 8. A Brief History of C++ Named “C++” 1979 1983 2009 Slide 8
- 9. A Brief History of C++ First Commercial release 1979 1985 2009 Slide 9
- 10. A Brief History of C++ Release of v2.0 1979 1989 2009 Slide 10
- 11. A Brief History of C++ Added • multiple inheritance, • abstract classes, • static member functions, Release of v2.0 • const member functions • protected members. 1979 1989 2009 Slide 11
- 12. A Brief History of C++ Standardised 1979 1998 Slide 12 2009
- 13. A Brief History of C++ Updated 1979 2003 Slide 13 2009
- 14. A Brief History of C++ C++0x 1979 2009 Slide 14 ?
- 15. So what has changed since 1979? • Many more features have been added to C++ • CPUs have become much faster. • Transition to multiple cores • Memory has become faster. http://www.vintagecomputing.com Slide 15
- 16. CPU performance Slide 16 Computer architecture: a quantitative approach By John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
- 17. CPU/Memory performance Slide 17 Computer architecture: a quantitative approach By John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
- 18. What has changed since 1979? • One of the biggest changes is that memory access speeds are far slower (relatively) – 1980: RAM latency ~ 1 cycle – 2009: RAM latency ~ 400+ cycles • What can you do in 400 cycles? Slide 18
- 19. What has this to do with OO? • OO classes encapsulate code and data. • So, an instantiated object will generally contain all data associated with it. Slide 19
- 20. My Claim • With modern HW (particularly consoles), excessive encapsulation is BAD. • Data flow should be fundamental to your design (Data Oriented Design) Slide 20
- 21. Consider a simple OO Scene Tree • Base Object class – Contains general data • Node – Container class • Modifier – Updates transforms • Drawable/Cube – Renders objects Slide 21
- 22. Object • Each object – – – – Maintains bounding sphere for culling Has transform (local and world) Dirty flag (optimisation) Pointer to Parent Slide 22
- 23. Objects Class Definition Each square is 4 bytes Slide 23 Memory Layout
- 24. Nodes • Each Node is an object, plus – Has a container of other objects – Has a visibility flag. Slide 24
- 26. Consider the following code… • Update the world transform and world space bounding sphere for each object. Slide 26
- 27. Consider the following code… • Leaf nodes (objects) return transformed bounding spheres Slide 27
- 28. Consider the following code… • Leaf nodes (objects)this What‟s wrong with return transformed bounding code? spheres Slide 28
- 29. Consider the following code… • Leaf nodesm_Dirty=false thenreturn transformed If (objects) we get branch bounding misprediction which costs 23 or 24 spheres cycles. Slide 29
- 30. Consider the following code… • Leaf nodes (objects) return transformed of bounding Calculation12 cycles. bounding sphere spheresthe world takes only Slide 30
- 31. Consider the following code… • Leaf nodes (objects) return transformed bounding So using a dirty using oneis actually spheres flag here (in the case slower than not where it is false) Slide 31
- 32. Lets illustrate cache usage Main Memory Each cache line is 128 bytes Slide 32 L2 Cache
- 33. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache parentTransform is already in the cache (somewhere) Slide 33
- 34. Cache usage Main Memory Assume this is a 128byte boundary (start of cacheline) Slide 34 L2 Cache
- 35. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache Load m_Transform into cache Slide 35
- 36. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache m_WorldTransform is stored via cache (write-back) Slide 36
- 37. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache Next it loads m_Objects Slide 37
- 38. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache Then a pointer is pulled from somewhere else (Memory managed by std::vector) Slide 38
- 39. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache vtbl ptr loaded into Cache Slide 39
- 40. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache Look up virtual function Slide 40
- 41. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache Then branch to that code (load in instructions) Slide 41
- 42. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache New code checks dirty flag then sets world bounding sphere Slide 42
- 43. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache Node‟s World Bounding Sphere is then Expanded Slide 43
- 44. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache Then the next Object is processed Slide 44
- 45. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache First object costs at least 7 cache misses Slide 45
- 46. Cache usage Main Memory L2 Cache Subsequent objects cost at least 2 cache misses each Slide 46
- 47. The Test • 11,111 nodes/objects in a tree 5 levels deep • Every node being transformed • Hierarchical culling of tree • Render method is empty Slide 47
- 48. Performance This is the time taken just to traverse the tree! Slide 48
- 49. Why is it so slow? ~22ms Slide 49
- 51. Samples can be a little misleading at the source code level Slide 51
- 53. Stalls due to the load 2 instructions earlier Slide 53
- 54. Similarly with the matrix multiply Slide 54
- 55. Some rough calculations Branch Mispredictions: 50,421 @ 23 cycles each ~= 0.36ms Slide 55
- 56. Some rough calculations Branch Mispredictions: 50,421 @ 23 cycles each ~= 0.36ms L2 Cache misses: 36,345 @ 400 cycles each ~= 4.54ms Slide 56
- 57. • From Tuner, ~ 3 L2 cache misses per object – These cache misses are mostly sequential (more than 1 fetch from main memory can happen at once) – Code/cache miss/code/cache miss/code… Slide 57
- 58. Slow memory is the problem here • How can we fix it? • And still keep the same functionality and interface? Slide 58
- 59. The first step • Use homogenous, sequential sets of data Slide 59
- 61. Generating Contiguous Data • Use custom allocators – Minimal impact on existing code • Allocate contiguous – Nodes – Matrices – Bounding spheres Slide 61
- 62. Performance 19.6ms -> 12.9ms 35% faster just by moving things around in memory! Slide 62
- 63. What next? • Process data in order • Use implicit structure for hierarchy – Minimise to and fro from nodes. • Group logic to optimally use what is already in cache. • Remove regularly called virtuals. Slide 63
- 64. We start with a parent Node Hierarchy Node Slide 64
- 66. Hierarchy Node Node Node And they have a parent Slide 66
- 67. Hierarchy Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Node And they have children Slide 67 Node Node Node
- 68. Hierarchy Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Node And they all have parents Slide 68 Node Node Node
- 69. Hierarchy Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Node NodeNode Node Node A lot of this information can be inferred Slide 69 Node Node
- 70. Hierarchy Node Node Node Node Node Use a set of arrays, one per hierarchy level Node Node Node Slide 70 Node Node Node
- 71. Hierarchy Node Parent has 2 children :2 Node Node :4 :4 Node Children have 4 children Node Node Node Node Slide 71 Node Node Node
- 72. Hierarchy Ensure nodes and their data are contiguous in memory Node :2 Node Node :4 :4 Node Node Node Node Node Slide 72 Node Node Node
- 73. • Make the processing global rather than local – Pull the updates out of the objects. • No more virtuals – Easier to understand too – all code in one place. Slide 73
- 74. Need to change some things… • OO version – Update transform top down and expand WBS bottom up Slide 74
- 77. Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Update transform and world bounding sphere Slide 77 Node Node Node Node
- 78. Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Add bounding sphere of child Slide 78 Node Node Node Node
- 79. Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Update transform and world bounding sphere Slide 79 Node Node Node Node
- 80. Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Add bounding sphere of child Slide 80 Node Node Node Node
- 81. Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Update transform and world bounding sphere Slide 81 Node Node Node Node
- 82. Node Node Node Node Node Node Node Add bounding sphere of child Slide 82 Node Node Node Node
- 83. • Hierarchical bounding spheres pass info up • Transforms cascade down • Data use and code is „striped‟. – Processing is alternating Slide 83
- 84. Conversion to linear • To do this with a „flat‟ hierarchy, break it into 2 passes – Update the transforms and bounding spheres(from top down) – Expand bounding spheres (bottom up) Slide 84
- 85. Transform and BS updates Node :2 Node Node :4 :4 Node Node Node For each node at each level (top down) { multiply world transform by parent‟s transform wbs by world transform } Node Node Slide 85 Node Node Node
- 86. Update bounding sphere hierarchies Node :2 Node Node :4 :4 Node Node Node For each node at each level (bottom up) { add wbs to parent‟s } cull wbs against frustum } Node Node Slide 86 Node Node Node
- 87. Update Transform and Bounding Sphere How many children nodes to process Slide 87
- 88. Update Transform and Bounding Sphere For each child, update transform and bounding sphere Slide 88
- 89. Update Transform and Bounding Sphere Note the contiguous arrays Slide 89
- 90. So, what’s happening in the cache? Parent Unified L2 Cache Children node Children‟s data not needed Parent Data Childrens‟ Data Slide 90
- 91. Load parent and its transform Parent Unified L2 Cache Parent Data Childrens‟ Data Slide 91
- 92. Load child transform and set world transform Parent Unified L2 Cache Parent Data Childrens‟ Data Slide 92
- 93. Load child BS and set WBS Parent Unified L2 Cache Parent Data Childrens‟ Data Slide 93
- 94. Load child BS and set WBS Parent Next child is calculated with no extra cache misses ! Parent Data Childrens‟ Data Slide 94 Unified L2 Cache
- 95. Load child BS and set WBS Parent next 2 children incur 2 The cache misses in total Parent Data Childrens‟ Data Slide 95 Unified L2 Cache
- 96. Prefetching Parent Because all data is linear, we can predict what memory will be needed in ~400 cycles and prefetch Parent Data Childrens‟ Data Slide 96 Unified L2 Cache
- 97. • Tuner scans show about 1.7 cache misses per node. • But, these misses are much more frequent – Code/cache miss/cache miss/code – Less stalling Slide 97
- 98. Performance 19.6 -> 12.9 -> 4.8ms Slide 98
- 99. Prefetching • Data accesses are now predictable • Can use prefetch (dcbt) to warm the cache – Data streams can be tricky – Many reasons for stream termination – Easier to just use dcbt blindly • (look ahead x number of iterations) Slide 99
- 100. Prefetching example • Prefetch a predetermined number of iterations ahead • Ignore incorrect prefetches Slide 100
- 101. Performance 19.6 -> 12.9 -> 4.8 -> 3.3ms Slide 101
- 102. A Warning on Prefetching • This example makes very heavy use of the cache • This can affect other threads‟ use of the cache – Multiple threads with heavy cache use may thrash the cache Slide 102
- 103. The old scan ~22ms Slide 103
- 104. The new scan ~16.6ms Slide 104
- 106. Looking at the code (samples) Slide 106
- 107. Performance counters Branch mispredictions: 2,867 (cf. 47,000) L2 cache misses: 16,064 (cf 36,000) Slide 107
- 108. In Summary • Just reorganising data locations was a win • Data + code reorganisation= dramatic improvement. • + prefetching equals even more WIN. Slide 108
- 109. OO is not necessarily EVIL • Be careful not to design yourself into a corner • Consider data in your design – Can you decouple data from objects? – …code from objects? • Be aware of what the compiler and HW are doing Slide 109
- 110. Its all about the memory • Optimise for data first, then code. – Memory access is probably going to be your biggest bottleneck • Simplify systems – KISS – Easier to optimise, easier to parallelise Slide 110
- 111. Homogeneity • Keep code and data homogenous – Avoid introducing variations – Don‟t test for exceptions – sort by them. • Not everything needs to be an object – If you must have a pattern, then consider using Managers Slide 111
- 112. Remember • You are writing a GAME – You have control over the input data – Don‟t be afraid to preformat it – drastically if need be. • Design for specifics, not generics (generally). Slide 112
- 113. Data Oriented Design Delivers • • • • Better performance Better realisation of code optimisations Often simpler code More parallelisable code Slide 113
- 114. The END • Questions? Slide 114