// Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. // FieldTrial is a class for handling details of statistical experiments // performed by actual users in the field (i.e., in a shipped or beta product). // All code is called exclusively on the UI thread currently. // // The simplest example is an experiment to see whether one of two options // produces "better" results across our user population. In that scenario, UMA // data is uploaded to aggregate the test results, and this FieldTrial class // manages the state of each such experiment (state == which option was // pseudo-randomly selected). // // States are typically generated randomly, either based on a one time // randomization (which will yield the same results, in terms of selecting // the client for a field trial or not, for every run of the program on a // given machine), or by a startup randomization (generated each time the // application starts up, but held constant during the duration of the // process), or by continuous randomization across a run (where the state // can be recalculated again and again, many times during a process). // Continuous randomization is not yet implemented. //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Example: Suppose we have an experiment involving memory, such as determining // the impact of some pruning algorithm. // We assume that we already have a histogram of memory usage, such as: // HISTOGRAM_COUNTS("Memory.RendererTotal", count); // Somewhere in main thread initialization code, we'd probably define an // instance of a FieldTrial, with code such as: // // FieldTrials are reference counted, and persist automagically until // // process teardown, courtesy of their automatic registration in // // FieldTrialList. // // Note: This field trial will run in Chrome instances compiled through // // 8 July, 2015, and after that all instances will be in "StandardMem". // scoped_refptr trial = new FieldTrial("MemoryExperiment", 1000, // "StandardMem", 2015, 7, 8); // const int kHighMemGroup = // trial->AppendGroup("HighMem", 20); // 2% in HighMem group. // const int kLowMemGroup = // trial->AppendGroup("LowMem", 20); // 2% in LowMem group. // // Take action depending of which group we randomly land in. // if (trial->group() == kHighMemGroup) // SetPruningAlgorithm(kType1); // Sample setting of browser state. // else if (trial->group() == kLowMemGroup) // SetPruningAlgorithm(kType2); // Sample alternate setting. // We then, in addition to our original histogram, output histograms which have // slightly different names depending on what group the trial instance happened // to randomly be assigned: // HISTOGRAM_COUNTS("Memory.RendererTotal", count); // The original histogram. // static const bool memory_renderer_total_trial_exists = // FieldTrialList::TrialExists("Memory.RendererTotal"); // if (memory_renderer_total_trial_exists) { // HISTOGRAM_COUNTS(FieldTrial::MakeName("Memory.RendererTotal", // "MemoryExperiment"), count); // } // The above code will create four distinct histograms, with each run of the // application being assigned to of of the three groups, and for each group, the // correspondingly named histogram will be populated: // Memory.RendererTotal // 100% of users still fill this histogram. // Memory.RendererTotal_HighMem // 2% of users will fill this histogram. // Memory.RendererTotal_LowMem // 2% of users will fill this histogram. // Memory.RendererTotal_StandardMem // 96% of users will fill this histogram. //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #ifndef BASE_METRICS_FIELD_TRIAL_H_ #define BASE_METRICS_FIELD_TRIAL_H_ #pragma once #include #include #include "base/base_api.h" #include "base/gtest_prod_util.h" #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h" #include "base/observer_list.h" #include "base/synchronization/lock.h" #include "base/time.h" namespace base { class FieldTrialList; class BASE_API FieldTrial : public RefCounted { public: typedef int Probability; // Probability type for being selected in a trial. // A return value to indicate that a given instance has not yet had a group // assignment (and hence is not yet participating in the trial). static const int kNotFinalized; // This is the group number of the 'default' group. This provides an easy way // to assign all the remaining probability to a group ('default'). static const int kDefaultGroupNumber; // The name is used to register the instance with the FieldTrialList class, // and can be used to find the trial (only one trial can be present for each // name). |name| and |default_group_name| may not be empty. // // Group probabilities that are later supplied must sum to less than or equal // to the total_probability. Arguments year, month and day_of_month specify // the expiration time. If the build time is after the expiration time then // the field trial reverts to the 'default' group. // // Using this constructor creates a startup-randomized FieldTrial. If you // want a one-time randomized trial, call UseOneTimeRandomization() right // after construction. FieldTrial(const std::string& name, Probability total_probability, const std::string& default_group_name, const int year, const int month, const int day_of_month); // Changes the field trial to use one-time randomization, i.e. produce the // same result for the current trial on every run of this client. Must be // called right after construction. // // Before using this method, |FieldTrialList::EnableOneTimeRandomization()| // must be called exactly once. void UseOneTimeRandomization(); // Disables this trial, meaning it always determines the default group // has been selected. May be called immediately after construction, or // at any time after initialization (should not be interleaved with // AppendGroup calls). Once disabled, there is no way to re-enable a // trial. void Disable(); // Establish the name and probability of the next group in this trial. // Sometimes, based on construction randomization, this call may cause the // provided group to be *THE* group selected for use in this instance. // The return value is the group number of the new group. int AppendGroup(const std::string& name, Probability group_probability); // Return the name of the FieldTrial (excluding the group name). std::string name() const { return name_; } // Return the randomly selected group number that was assigned. // Return kDefaultGroupNumber if the instance is in the 'default' group. // Note that this will force an instance to participate, and make it illegal // to attempt to probabilistically add any other groups to the trial. int group(); // If the group's name is empty, a string version containing the group // number is used as the group name. std::string group_name(); // Return the default group name of the FieldTrial. std::string default_group_name() const { return default_group_name_; } // Helper function for the most common use: as an argument to specify the // name of a HISTOGRAM. Use the original histogram name as the name_prefix. static std::string MakeName(const std::string& name_prefix, const std::string& trial_name); // Enable benchmarking sets field trials to a common setting. static void EnableBenchmarking(); private: // Allow tests to access our innards for testing purposes. FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, Registration); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, AbsoluteProbabilities); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, RemainingProbability); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, FiftyFiftyProbability); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, MiddleProbabilities); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, OneWinner); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, DisableProbability); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, Save); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, DuplicateRestore); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, MakeName); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, HashClientId); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, HashClientIdIsUniform); FRIEND_TEST(FieldTrialTest, UseOneTimeRandomization); friend class base::FieldTrialList; friend class RefCounted; virtual ~FieldTrial(); // Returns the group_name. A winner need not have been chosen. std::string group_name_internal() const { return group_name_; } // Get build time. static Time GetBuildTime(); // Calculates a uniformly-distributed double between [0.0, 1.0) given // a |client_id| and a |trial_name| (the latter is used as salt to avoid // separate one-time randomized trials from all having the same results). static double HashClientId(const std::string& client_id, const std::string& trial_name); // The name of the field trial, as can be found via the FieldTrialList. const std::string name_; // The maximum sum of all probabilities supplied, which corresponds to 100%. // This is the scaling factor used to adjust supplied probabilities. const Probability divisor_; // The name of the default group. const std::string default_group_name_; // The randomly selected probability that is used to select a group (or have // the instance not participate). It is the product of divisor_ and a random // number between [0, 1). Probability random_; // Sum of the probabilities of all appended groups. Probability accumulated_group_probability_; int next_group_number_; // The pseudo-randomly assigned group number. // This is kNotFinalized if no group has been assigned. int group_; // A textual name for the randomly selected group. Valid after |group()| // has been called. std::string group_name_; // When enable_field_trial_ is false, field trial reverts to the 'default' // group. bool enable_field_trial_; // When benchmarking is enabled, field trials all revert to the 'default' // group. static bool enable_benchmarking_; DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FieldTrial); }; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Class with a list of all active field trials. A trial is active if it has // been registered, which includes evaluating its state based on its probaility. // Only one instance of this class exists. class BASE_API FieldTrialList { public: // Define a separator charactor to use when creating a persistent form of an // instance. This is intended for use as a command line argument, passed to a // second process to mimic our state (i.e., provide the same group name). static const char kPersistentStringSeparator; // Currently a slash. // Define expiration year in future. It is initialized to two years from Now. static int kExpirationYearInFuture; // Observer is notified when a FieldTrial's group is selected. class Observer { public: // Notify observers when FieldTrials's group is selected. virtual void OnFieldTrialGroupFinalized(const std::string& trial_name, const std::string& group_name) = 0; protected: virtual ~Observer() {} }; // This singleton holds the global list of registered FieldTrials. // // |client_id| should be an opaque, diverse ID for this client that does not // change between sessions, to enable one-time randomized trials. The empty // string may be provided, in which case one-time randomized trials will // not be available. explicit FieldTrialList(const std::string& client_id); // Destructor Release()'s references to all registered FieldTrial instances. ~FieldTrialList(); // Register() stores a pointer to the given trial in a global map. // This method also AddRef's the indicated trial. static void Register(FieldTrial* trial); // The Find() method can be used to test to see if a named Trial was already // registered, or to retrieve a pointer to it from the global map. static FieldTrial* Find(const std::string& name); // Returns the group number chosen for the named trial, or // FieldTrial::kNotFinalized if the trial does not exist. static int FindValue(const std::string& name); // Returns the group name chosen for the named trial, or the // empty string if the trial does not exist. static std::string FindFullName(const std::string& name); // Returns true if the named trial has been registered. static bool TrialExists(const std::string& name); // Create a persistent representation of all FieldTrial instances and the // |client_id()| state for resurrection in another process. This allows // randomization to be done in one process, and secondary processes can by // synchronized on the result. The resulting string contains the // |client_id()|, the names, the trial name, and a "/" separator. static void StatesToString(std::string* output); // Use a previously generated state string (re: StatesToString()) augment the // current list of field tests to include the supplied tests, and using a 100% // probability for each test, force them to have the same group string. This // is commonly used in a non-browser process, to carry randomly selected state // in a browser process into this non-browser process. This method calls // CreateFieldTrial to create the FieldTrial in the non-browser process. // Currently only the group_name_ and name_ are restored, as well as the // |client_id()| state, that could be used for one-time randomized trials // set up only in child processes. static bool CreateTrialsInChildProcess(const std::string& prior_trials); // Create a FieldTrial with the given |name| and using 100% probability for // the FieldTrial, force FieldTrial to have the same group string as // |group_name|. This is commonly used in a non-browser process, to carry // randomly selected state in a browser process into this non-browser process. // Currently only the group_name_ and name_ are set in the FieldTrial. It // returns NULL if there is a FieldTrial that is already registered with the // same |name| but has different finalized group string (|group_name|). static FieldTrial* CreateFieldTrial(const std::string& name, const std::string& group_name); // Add an observer to be notified when a field trial is irrevocably committed // to being part of some specific field_group (and hence the group_name is // also finalized for that field_trial). static void AddObserver(Observer* observer); // Remove an observer. static void RemoveObserver(Observer* observer); // Notify all observers that a group is finalized for the named Trial. static void NotifyFieldTrialGroupSelection(const std::string& name, const std::string& group_name); // The time of construction of the global map is recorded in a static variable // and is commonly used by experiments to identify the time since the start // of the application. In some experiments it may be useful to discount // data that is gathered before the application has reached sufficient // stability (example: most DLL have loaded, etc.) static TimeTicks application_start_time() { if (global_) return global_->application_start_time_; // For testing purposes only, or when we don't yet have a start time. return TimeTicks::Now(); } // Return the number of active field trials. static size_t GetFieldTrialCount(); // Returns true if you can call |FieldTrial::UseOneTimeRandomization()| // without error, i.e. if a non-empty string was provided as the client_id // when constructing the FieldTrialList singleton. static bool IsOneTimeRandomizationEnabled(); // Returns an opaque, diverse ID for this client that does not change // between sessions. // // Returns the empty string if one-time randomization is not enabled. static const std::string& client_id(); private: // A map from FieldTrial names to the actual instances. typedef std::map RegistrationList; // Helper function should be called only while holding lock_. FieldTrial* PreLockedFind(const std::string& name); static FieldTrialList* global_; // The singleton of this class. // This will tell us if there is an attempt to register a field trial without // creating the FieldTrialList. This is not an error, unless a FieldTrialList // is created after that. static bool register_without_global_; // A helper value made available to users, that shows when the FieldTrialList // was initialized. Note that this is a singleton instance, and hence is a // good approximation to the start of the process. TimeTicks application_start_time_; // Lock for access to registered_. base::Lock lock_; RegistrationList registered_; // An opaque, diverse ID for this client that does not change // between sessions, or the empty string if not initialized. std::string client_id_; // List of observers to be notified when a group is selected for a FieldTrial. ObserverList observer_list_; DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FieldTrialList); }; } // namespace base #endif // BASE_METRICS_FIELD_TRIAL_H_