HP UX Caliper Software manual Sampled measurements performing, 261

Measurement global, 26 precise, 26 sampled, 26

Measurement configuration file, 42 Measurement configuration files

Overview measurement, 44 provided with HP Caliper, 42

Simultaneous fprof sampling on multiple PMU Counters, 45

using, 45 Measurement types, 44 Measurements

types you can take, 26 Measuring load modules, 94 default settings for, 95

Memory usage

measuring concurrently, 152 memreq event set, 242

merge command see caliper merge command Merging performance data, 114

Metrics used for sorting and cutoffs, 105 Misdirected branch error, 164 Mispredicted Branches error message, 164 Modules

specifying, 95 Multiple PMU Counters

Simultaneous fprof sampling, 45 Multiprocess measurements, 96

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New information in User Guide, 12

O

Options

HP Caliper, 47

Options file, using, 49

Organization of User Guide, 12

Overview of HP Caliper, 16

P

Performance data combining, 114

Performance problems identifying, 27

Performance sampling, 26 Performing measurements

attaching to a running process, 100 Performing precise measurements, 158 Performing sampled measurements, 100 PHKL_34020 error message, 166 PMU measurements

limiting to specific code regions, 161

PMU Sample Hits Outside Function Range error message, 166

PMU samples, 159

pmu_trace measurement report description, 211 Precise measurement, 26

Precise measurements

performing, 158 Process region, 191 Process selection, 96 Process tree report, 96

example, 97 Processes measurement, 96

Q

Quad-core processor HyperThreading information, 112

queues event set, 243

R

Reading an Advisor report, 82 Reference information

displaying, 101 Related documentation, 14 Report

creating, 29

report command see caliper report command Report description

alat measurement, 168 branch measurement, 171 cgprof, 175

cpu measurement, 178 cstack measurement, 181 cycles measurement, 183 dcache measurement, 186 dtlb measurement, 193 ecount measurement, 197 fcount measurement, 199 fcover measurement, 199 fprof measurement, 200 icache measurement, 204 itlb measurement, 208 pmu_trace measurement , 211 scgprof measurement, 211 traps measurement, 214

Report generation from saved data, 113

Report layout, 104 Report output

HyperThreading information shown in, 112 Report structure, 104

Reports configuring, 104

Restricting PMU measurements, 161

S

Sampled call graph profile analysis, producing, 120 Sampled call graph reports error message, 166 Sampled call stack profile, producing, 132 Sampled measurement, 26

Sampled measurements performing, 100

Sampling performance, 26

scgprof measurement report description, 211 Shortening CPU event names, 93

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