Opensource ML embedded evaluation kit

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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#ifndef APP_PROFILER_HPP
+#define APP_PROFILER_HPP
+
+#include "hal.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace arm {
+namespace app {
+
+    /** A single profiling unit definition. */
+    struct ProfilingUnit {
+        uint64_t npuCycles = 0;
+        uint64_t activeNpuCycles = 0;
+        uint64_t cpuCycles = 0;
+        time_t time = 0;
+    };
+
+    /* A collection of profiling units. */
+    using ProfilingSeries = std::vector<arm::app::ProfilingUnit>;
+
+    /* A map for string identifiable profiling series. */
+    using ProfilingMap = std::map<std::string, ProfilingSeries>;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief   A very simple profiler example using the platform timer
+     *          implementation.
+     */
+    class Profiler {
+    public:
+        /**
+         * @brief       Constructor for profiler.
+         * @param[in]   platform   Pointer to a valid, initialised hal platform.
+         * @param[in]   name       A friendly name for this profiler.
+         **/
+        Profiler(hal_platform* platform, const char* name);
+
+        /** Block the default constructor. */
+        Profiler() = delete;
+
+        /** Default destructor. */
+        ~Profiler() = default;
+
+        /** @brief  Start profiling => get starting time-stamp. */
+        bool StartProfiling(const char* name = nullptr);
+
+        /** @brief  Stop profiling => get the ending time-stamp. */
+        bool StopProfiling();
+
+        /** @brief  Stops the profiling and internally resets the
+         *          platform timers. */
+        bool StopProfilingAndReset();
+
+        /** @brief  Reset the platform timers. */
+        void Reset();
+
+        /**
+         * @brief   Gets the results as string and resets the profiler.
+         * @returns Result string.
+         **/
+        std::string GetResultsAndReset();
+
+        /** @brief Set the profiler name. */
+        void SetName(const char* str);
+
+    private:
+        ProfilingMap    _m_series;                /* Profiling series map. */
+        time_counter    _m_tstampSt;              /* Container for a current starting timestamp. */
+        time_counter    _m_tstampEnd;             /* Container for a current ending timestamp. */
+        hal_platform *  _m_pPlatform = nullptr;   /* Platform pointer - to get the timer. */
+
+        bool            _m_started = false;       /* Indicates profiler has been started. */
+
+        std::string     _m_name;                  /* Name given to this profiler. */
+
+        /**
+         * @brief       Appends the profiling unit computed by the "start" and
+         *              "end" timestamps to the profiling series identified by
+         *              the name provided.
+         * @param[in]   start   Starting time-stamp.
+         * @param[in]   end     Ending time-stamp.
+         * @param[in]   name    Name for the profiling unit series to be
+         *                      appended to.
+         **/
+        void _AddProfilingUnit(time_counter start, time_counter end,
+                               const std::string& name);
+    };
+
+} /* namespace app */
+} /* namespace arm */
+
+#endif /* APP_PROFILER_HPP */