HP UX Caliper Software manual Controlling the Content of Reports 104

HP Caliper Environment Variables	103
9 Controlling the Content of Reports	104
Layout of an HP Caliper Text or CSV Report	104
Metrics You Can Use for Report Sorting and Cutoffs	105
Module-Centric Reports	107
Process Summary	108
Function Details	109
Disassembly Listing	109
Branch Targets in Disassembly Listings	110
Source Position Correlation	110
Source Line Data	110
Address Types Shown	110
How Functions Are Named in Reports	111
Unnamed Functions	111
Unknown Functions	111
VSE Information Shown in Report Output (HP-UX only)	111
HyperThreading Information for Dual-Core Itanium 2 and Itanium 9300 Quad-Core Processors Shown
in Report Output	112
How HP Caliper Saves Data in Databases	113
Names and Locations for the Databases	113
Changing the Default Name and Location	113
Creating Reports from Multiple Databases	114
Using the caliper report Command to Create a Report from One or More Databases	115
Using the caliper merge Command to Merge Data From Multiple Collection Runs	115
Using the caliper diff Command to Difference Data Collected in Two Databases	117
Example of How to Use the caliper diff Command	119
10 Producing a Sampled Call Graph Profile Analysis	120
How Sampled Call Graph Profile Analysis Works	120
Differences Between scgprof and cgprof	120
Running the HP Caliper Sampled Call Graph Profile	121
Sampled Call Graph Text Report Example	121
Sampled Call Graph Profile Report Details	130
Flat Profile Part of the Report	130
Call Graph Part of the Report	130
Hot Call Paths Part of the Report	130
Function Indexes	130
Diagnostic Messages	131
gprof Fallacy and Possibly Misleading Results	131
11 Producing a Sampled Call Stack Profile Analysis	132
Running HP Caliper to Produce a Call Stack Profile	132
Call Stack Profile Text Report Example for HP-UX	132
Call Stack Profile Text Report Example for Linux	140
Call Stack Profile Report Details	147
Flat Profile Part of the Report	147
Blocking Primitives Summary Part of the Report	147
Thread Synchronization Primitive's Holder and Waiter Thread Analysis (HP-UX 11.31 only)....	147
Hot Call Paths Part of the Report	148
Call Graph Part of the Report	149
Function Indexes	149
Avoids gprof Fallacy	149

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