The original scripting framework was based on SpiderMonkey's
pre-standard generators, and was simply translated to the
corresponding standard syntax when updating it to work with
recent JS versions.
We can do even better by using the standard async/await pattern
instead of generators/yield.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1396
On Wayland, the display server is the Wayland compositor, i.e.
`gnome-shell` itself.
As a result, we cannot spawn `gnome-shell-perf-helper` before
`gnome-shell` is started, as `gnome-shell-perf-helper` needs to connect
to the display server.
So, instead of spawning `gnome-shell-perf-helper` from the perf tool,
start it from `gnome-shell` itself.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/941
Calling await in a loop means the asynchronous operations are
run sequentially instead of in-parallel. Usually that's not
what's wanted, so eslint has a rule to warn about this.
However here we use async/await to handle control back to the
mainloop between steps, so running operations sequentially is
actually intended.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/731
The current scripting module makes heavy use of pre-standardized
iterator/generator/promise APIs, at least for some of those support
was pulled in SpiderMonkey 58.
Port to the new standardized replacements to get the module back into
a working state.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/440
Commit f285f2c6 changed Scripting.createTestWindow() to accept a parameter
object instead of a parameter list but forgot to remove the width and height
arguments. This breaks the "core" test as all windows are created with default
settings.
Add an option for windows created with Scripting.createTestWindow()
to continually redraw themselves; this is for testing performance
of application updates.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732350
We don't normally hit the code in scripting.js to print metrics
because shell-perf-tool bypasses it, but there was a left-over
in the code that no longer works. Also add in the units to the
output.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732349
This continues the series of patches for GDBus porting, affecting
all code that accesses remote DBus objects. This includes modemManager,
automount, autorun (for the hotplug sniffer), calendar, network (for
nm-applet only), power, scripting (for perf monitor interface)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648651
js2-mode is no longer developed and we recommend js-mode these days,
so switch the modelines to specify that, and make them consistent
across all files.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660358
Remove ShellGlobal's monitor-related methods, and have
Main.layoutManager provide that information instead. Move
Main._relayout() to LayoutManager, and have other objects connect to
the layout manager's 'monitors-changed' signal to know when the screen
geometry has changed.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=636963
* Run gnome-shell-perf-helper during performance tests
* Use MUTTER_WM_CLASS_FILTER to omit all other windows
* Add new Scripting methods: createTestWindow,
waitTestWindows, destroyTestWindows
* Create a single 640x480 test window for testing overview
animation performance.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644265
Switch from having separate METRICS and METRIC_DESCRIPTIONS objects
in a perf module to a single METRICS array. This is done so the
perf module can define the units for each metric.
In addition to improving the output in the web interface, the purpose
of having units is to give some clue about how to pick from multiple
values from different runs. In particular, with the assumption that
"noise" on the system will increase run times, for time values we want
to pick the smallest values, while for "rate" values, we want to pick
the largest value.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618189
When SHELL_PERF_OUTPUT is set, instead of just dumping out the metrics, dump
a more complete report with:
- Event descriptions
- Metric descriptions and value
- Event log
Helper functions shell_perf_log_dump_events() and shell_perf_log_dump_log()
are added to ShellPerfLog to support this. The gnome-shell wrapper is adapted
to deal with the changed report format.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618189
Add gnome-shell options:
--perf-iters=ITERS"
Numbers of iterations of performance module to run
--perf-warmup
Run a dry run before performance tests
Make a successful run of a performance test return 0 not non-zero,
and handle the difference between that and a 0-exit in normal
usage (meaning replaced) in the wrapper.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618189
Add some basic statistics for allocated memory based on mallinfo(),
and use that to define two metrics:
usedAfterOverview: bytes used after the overview is shown once
leakedAfterOverview: additional bytes used when the overview is
shown a second time.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618189
We want to be able to summarize the behavior of the shell's
performance in a series of "metrics", like the latency between
clicking on the Activities button and seeing a response.
This patch adds the ability to create a script under perf/
in a special format that automates a series of actions in the
shell, writing events to the performance log, then collects
statistics as the log as replayed and turns them into a set
of metrics.
The script is then executed by running as gnome-shell
--perf=<script>.
The 'core' script which is added here will be the primary
performance measurement script that we use for shell performance
regression testing; right now it has a couple of placeholder
metrics.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618189
