NEW: Added achievable frequency and latency (processing delay) to Input Debugger (ISX-2254)

Assets/Tests/InputSystem.Editor/InputLatencyCalculatorTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Unity.Collections;
+using UnityEngine.InputSystem.Editor;
+using UnityEngine.InputSystem.LowLevel;
+
+namespace Tests.InputSystem.Editor
+{
+    public class InputLatencyCalculatorTests
+    {
+        private InputLatencyCalculator m_Sut; // Software Under Test
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a number of samples to the calculator under test.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="currentRealtimeSinceStartup">The current timestamp (reflecting wall-clock time).</param>
+        /// <param name="samplesRealtimeSinceStartup">List of timestamps to be propagated as events to the calculator.</param>
+        private void GivenSamples(double currentRealtimeSinceStartup, params double[] samplesRealtimeSinceStartup)
+        {
+            var n = samplesRealtimeSinceStartup.Length;
+            using (InputEventBuffer buffer = new InputEventBuffer())
+            {
+                unsafe
+                {
+                    for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i)
+                    {
+                        var ptr = buffer.AllocateEvent(InputEvent.kBaseEventSize, 2048, Allocator.Temp);
+                        ptr->time = samplesRealtimeSinceStartup[i];
+                        m_Sut.ProcessSample(ptr, currentRealtimeSinceStartup);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void AssertNoMetrics()
+        {
+            Assert.True(float.IsNaN(m_Sut.averageLatencySeconds));
+            Assert.True(float.IsNaN(m_Sut.minLatencySeconds));
+            Assert.True(float.IsNaN(m_Sut.maxLatencySeconds));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MetricsShouldBeUndefined_WhenCalculatorHasNoSamples()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new InputLatencyCalculator(0.0);
+            AssertNoMetrics();
+            m_Sut.Update(10.0);
+            AssertNoMetrics();
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MetricsShouldBeDefined_WhenCalculatorHasSamplesButPeriodHasNotElapsed()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new InputLatencyCalculator(1.0);
+            GivenSamples(1.9, 1.1, 1.2, 1.9);
+            m_Sut.Update(1.99);
+            AssertNoMetrics();
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MetricsShouldOnlyUpdate_WhenPeriodHasElapsed()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new InputLatencyCalculator(0.0);
+            GivenSamples(0.5, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5);
+            m_Sut.Update(1.0);
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.averageLatencySeconds, Is.EqualTo(0.1f));
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.minLatencySeconds, Is.EqualTo(0.0f));
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.maxLatencySeconds, Is.EqualTo(0.2f));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MetricShouldNotBeAffected_WhenMoreThanAPeriodHasElapsed()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new InputLatencyCalculator(0.0);
+            GivenSamples(0.5, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5);
+            m_Sut.Update(2.0);
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.averageLatencySeconds, Is.EqualTo(0.1f));
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.minLatencySeconds, Is.EqualTo(0.0f));
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.maxLatencySeconds, Is.EqualTo(0.2f));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MetricsShouldReset_WhenNotReceivingASampleForAPeriod()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new InputLatencyCalculator(0.0);
+            GivenSamples(0.5, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5);
+            m_Sut.Update(1.0);
+            m_Sut.Update(2.0);
+            AssertNoMetrics();
+        }
+    }
+}

Assets/Tests/InputSystem.Editor/SampleFrequencyCalculatorTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Unity.Collections;
+using UnityEngine.InputSystem.Editor;
+using UnityEngine.InputSystem.LowLevel;
+
+namespace Tests.InputSystem.Editor
+{
+    public class SampleFrequencyCalculatorTests
+    {
+        private SampleFrequencyCalculator m_Sut; // Software Under Test
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a number of samples to the calculator under test.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="samplesRealtimeSinceStartup">List of timestamps to be propagated as events to the calculator.</param>
+        private void GivenSamples(params double[] samplesRealtimeSinceStartup)
+        {
+            var n = samplesRealtimeSinceStartup.Length;
+            using (InputEventBuffer buffer = new InputEventBuffer())
+            {
+                unsafe
+                {
+                    for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i)
+                    {
+                        var ptr = buffer.AllocateEvent(InputEvent.kBaseEventSize, 2048, Allocator.Temp);
+                        ptr->time = samplesRealtimeSinceStartup[i];
+                        m_Sut.ProcessSample(ptr);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void FrequencyShouldBeZero_WhenCalculatorHasNoSamples()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new SampleFrequencyCalculator(10, 0.0);
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.frequency, Is.EqualTo(0.0f));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void FrequencyShouldBeZero_WhenCalculatorHasSamplesButPeriodHasNotElapsed()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new SampleFrequencyCalculator(10.0f, 1.0);
+            GivenSamples(1.1, 1.2, 1.9);
+            m_Sut.Update(1.99);
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.frequency, Is.EqualTo(0.0f));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MetricsShouldOnlyUpdate_WhenPeriodHasElapsed()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new SampleFrequencyCalculator(10.0f, 0.0);
+            GivenSamples(0.3, 0.4, 0.5);
+            m_Sut.Update(1.0);
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.frequency, Is.EqualTo(3.0f));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MetricsShouldBeBasedOnActualElapsedPeriod_WhenMoreThanAPeriodHasElapsed()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new SampleFrequencyCalculator(10.0f, 0.0);
+            GivenSamples(0.5, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5);
+            m_Sut.Update(2.0);
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.frequency, Is.EqualTo(2.0f));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MetricsShouldNotBeUpdated_WhenLessThanAPeriodHasElapsed()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new SampleFrequencyCalculator(10.0f, 0.0);
+            GivenSamples(0.5, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5);
+            m_Sut.Update(2.0);
+            m_Sut.Update(2.9);
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.frequency, Is.EqualTo(2.0f));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MetricsShouldReset_WhenNotReceivingASampleForAPeriod()
+        {
+            m_Sut = new SampleFrequencyCalculator(1.0f, 0.0);
+            GivenSamples(0.5, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5);
+            m_Sut.Update(1.0);
+            m_Sut.Update(2.0);
+            Assert.That(m_Sut.frequency, Is.EqualTo(0.0f));
+        }
+    }
+}

Assets/Tests/InputSystem.Editor/Unity.InputSystem.Tests.Editor.asmdef

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         "Editor"
     ],
     "excludePlatforms": [],
-    "allowUnsafeCode": false,
+    "allowUnsafeCode": true,
     "overrideReferences": true,
     "precompiledReferences": [
         "nunit.framework.dll"

Packages/com.unity.inputsystem/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ however, it has to be formatted properly to pass verification tests.
 ### Changed
 - Changed default input action asset name from New Controls to New Actions.
 
+### Added
+- Added achievable average frequency diagnostic to Input Debugger device window (along with sensor frequency and global polling frequency information).
+- Added processing delay input system latency (average, minimum, maximum) diagnostics to Input Bugger device window.
+
 ## [1.13.0] - 2025-02-05
 
 ### Fixed

Packages/com.unity.inputsystem/InputSystem/Editor/Debugger/InputDeviceDebuggerWindow.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #if UNITY_EDITOR
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using UnityEditor;
 using UnityEditor.IMGUI.Controls;
 using UnityEngine.InputSystem.LowLevel;
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ namespace UnityEngine.InputSystem.Editor
 {
     // Shows status and activity of a single input device in a separate window.
     // Can also be used to alter the state of a device by making up state events.
-    internal sealed class InputDeviceDebuggerWindow : EditorWindow, ISerializationCallbackReceiver, IDisposable
+    internal sealed partial class InputDeviceDebuggerWindow : EditorWindow, ISerializationCallbackReceiver, IDisposable
     {
         // ATM the debugger window is super slow and repaints are very expensive. So keep the total
         // number of events we can fit at a relatively low size until we have fixed that problem.
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ internal void OnDestroy()
                 InputSystem.onSettingsChange -= NeedControlValueRefresh;
                 Application.focusChanged -= OnApplicationFocusChange;
                 EditorApplication.playModeStateChanged += OnPlayModeChange;
+                EditorApplication.update -= OnEditorUpdate;
             }
 
             m_EventTrace?.Dispose();
@@ -143,6 +146,18 @@ internal void OnGUI()
                 EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Flags", m_DeviceFlagsString);
             if (m_Device is Keyboard)
                 EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Keyboard Layout", ((Keyboard)m_Device).keyboardLayout);
+            const string sampleFrequencyTooltip = "Displays the current event or sample frequency of this device in Hertz (Hz) averaged over measurement period of 1 second. " +
+                "The target frequency is device and backend dependent and may not be supported by all devices nor backends. " +
+                "The Polling Frequency indicates system polling target frequency.";
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(m_DeviceFrequencyString))
+                EditorGUILayout.LabelField(new GUIContent("Sample Frequency", sampleFrequencyTooltip), new GUIContent(m_DeviceFrequencyString), EditorStyles.label);
+            const string inputSystemLatencyTooltip =
+                "Displays the average/minimum/maximum observed input processing latency " +
+                "(Excluding OS, driver, firmware or transport latency) for data reported for this device. " +
+                "Note that additional experienced latency (a.k.a. input lag) will be introduced if any deferred " +
+                "processing and output delay (rendering, display refresh latency etc).";
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(m_DeviceLatencyString))
+                EditorGUILayout.LabelField(new GUIContent("Input Latency", inputSystemLatencyTooltip), new GUIContent(m_DeviceLatencyString), EditorStyles.label);
             EditorGUILayout.EndVertical();
 
             DrawControlTree();
@@ -290,6 +305,17 @@ private void InitializeWith(InputDevice device)
 
             UpdateDeviceFlags();
 
+            // Query the sampling frequency of the device.
+            // We do this synchronously here for simplicity.
+            var queryFrequency = QuerySamplingFrequencyCommand.Create();
+            var result = device.ExecuteCommand(ref queryFrequency);
+            var targetFrequency = float.NaN;
+            if (result >= 0)
+                targetFrequency = queryFrequency.frequency;
+            var realtimeSinceStartup = Time.realtimeSinceStartupAsDouble;
+            m_SampleFrequencyCalculator = new SampleFrequencyCalculator(targetFrequency, realtimeSinceStartup);
+            m_InputLatencyCalculator = new InputLatencyCalculator(realtimeSinceStartup);
+
             // Set up event trace. The default trace size of 512kb fits a ton of events and will
             // likely bog down the UI if we try to display that many events. Instead, come up
             // with a more reasonable sized based on the state size of the device.
@@ -326,6 +352,84 @@ private void InitializeWith(InputDevice device)
             InputState.onChange += OnDeviceStateChange;
             Application.focusChanged += OnApplicationFocusChange;
             EditorApplication.playModeStateChanged += OnPlayModeChange;
+            EditorApplication.update += OnEditorUpdate;
+        }
+
+        private void OnEditorUpdate()
+        {
+            StringBuilder sb = null;
+            bool needControlValueRefresh = false;
+            var realtimeSinceStartup = Time.realtimeSinceStartupAsDouble;
+            if (m_SampleFrequencyCalculator.Update(realtimeSinceStartup))
+            {
+                m_DeviceFrequencyString = CreateDeviceFrequencyString(ref sb);
+                needControlValueRefresh = true;
+            }
+            if (m_InputLatencyCalculator.Update(realtimeSinceStartup))
+            {
+                m_DeviceLatencyString = CreateDeviceLatencyString(ref sb);
+                needControlValueRefresh = true;
+            }
+            if (needControlValueRefresh)
+                NeedControlValueRefresh();
+        }
+
+        private string CreateDeviceFrequencyString(ref StringBuilder sb)
+        {
+            if (sb == null)
+                sb = new StringBuilder();
+            else
+                sb.Clear();
+
+            // Display achievable frequency for device
+            const string frequencyFormat = "0.000 Hz";
+            sb.Append(m_SampleFrequencyCalculator.frequency.ToString(frequencyFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+
+            // Display target frequency reported for device
+            sb.Append(" (Target @ ");
+            sb.Append(float.IsNaN(m_SampleFrequencyCalculator.targetFrequency)
+                ? "n/a"
+                : m_SampleFrequencyCalculator.targetFrequency.ToString(frequencyFormat));
+
+            // Display system-wide polling frequency
+            sb.Append(", Polling-Frequency @ ");
+            sb.Append(InputSystem.pollingFrequency.ToString(frequencyFormat));
+            sb.Append(')');
+
+            return sb.ToString();
+        }
+
+        private static void FormatLatency(StringBuilder sb, float value)
+        {
+            const string latencyFormat = "0.000 ms";
+            if (float.IsNaN(value))
+            {
+                sb.Append("n/a");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var millis = 1000.0f * value;
+            sb.Append(millis <= 1000.0f
+                ? (millis).ToString(latencyFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
+                : ">1000.0 ms");
+        }
+
+        private string CreateDeviceLatencyString(ref StringBuilder sb)
+        {
+            if (sb == null)
+                sb = new StringBuilder();
+            else
+                sb.Clear();
+
+            // Display latency in seconds for device
+            sb.Append("Average: ");
+            FormatLatency(sb, m_InputLatencyCalculator.averageLatencySeconds);
+            sb.Append(", Min: ");
+            FormatLatency(sb, m_InputLatencyCalculator.minLatencySeconds);
+            sb.Append(", Max: ");
+            FormatLatency(sb, m_InputLatencyCalculator.maxLatencySeconds);
+
+            return sb.ToString();
         }
 
         private void UpdateDeviceFlags()
@@ -396,6 +500,8 @@ internal static InputUpdateType DetermineUpdateTypeToShow(InputDevice device)
         private string m_DeviceIdString;
         private string m_DeviceUsagesString;
         private string m_DeviceFlagsString;
+        private string m_DeviceFrequencyString;
+        private string m_DeviceLatencyString;
         private InputDevice.DeviceFlags m_DeviceFlags;
         private InputControlTreeView m_ControlTree;
         private InputEventTreeView m_EventTree;
@@ -404,6 +510,8 @@ internal static InputUpdateType DetermineUpdateTypeToShow(InputDevice device)
         private InputEventTrace.ReplayController m_ReplayController;
         private InputEventTrace m_EventTrace;
         private InputUpdateType m_InputUpdateTypeShownInControlTree;
+        private InputLatencyCalculator m_InputLatencyCalculator;
+        private SampleFrequencyCalculator m_SampleFrequencyCalculator;
 
         [SerializeField] private int m_DeviceId = InputDevice.InvalidDeviceId;
         [SerializeField] private TreeViewState m_ControlTreeState;
@@ -464,7 +572,12 @@ private void OnDeviceChange(InputDevice device, InputDeviceChange change)
         private void OnDeviceStateChange(InputDevice device, InputEventPtr eventPtr)
         {
             if (device == m_Device)
+            {
+                m_InputLatencyCalculator.ProcessSample(eventPtr);
+                m_SampleFrequencyCalculator.ProcessSample(eventPtr);
+
                 NeedControlValueRefresh();
+            }
         }
 
         private static class Styles