Contents | |
HP secure development lifecycle.................................................................... | 12 |
About This Document................................................................................... | 13 |
1 HP Caliper at a Glance............................................................................ | 17 |
What is HP Caliper?............................................................................................................... | 17 |
What Does HP Caliper Run On?.............................................................................................. | 19 |
Supported Hardware and Operating Systems........................................................................ | 19 |
Supported Compilers and Application Environments............................................................... | 19 |
Summary of HP Caliper Features.............................................................................................. | 20 |
2 Getting Started with the HP Caliper Command-Line Interface.......................... | 21 |
Example: Running fprof on a Short Program, with Default Output.................................................. | 21 |
Example: Adding Instructions to an fprof Report.......................................................................... | 25 |
Types of Measurements........................................................................................................... | 27 |
Global Measurement.......................................................................................................... | 27 |
Sampled Measurements...................................................................................................... | 27 |
Precise Measurements (HP-UX only) ......................................................................... | 27 |
What to Look for in Using HP Caliper....................................................................................... | 28 |
Syntax for caliper Command.................................................................................................... | 28 |
Basic Tasks: A Quick Reference................................................................................................ | 29 |
Starting HP Caliper............................................................................................................ | 29 |
Stopping HP Caliper.......................................................................................................... | 29 |
Showing HP Caliper Options............................................................................................... | 29 |
Creating a Call Graph Profile with HP Caliper....................................................................... | 29 |
Creating a Text Report for Analysis....................................................................................... | 30 |
Creating a Report Based on Your Collected Data................................................................... | 30 |
Using the HP Caliper Advisor................................................................................................... | 30 |
Restrictions on Using HP Caliper............................................................................................... | 30 |
Additional HP Caliper Commands............................................................................................ | 31 |
Getting Information About HP Caliper....................................................................................... | 31 |
3 Getting Started with the HP Caliper GUI...................................................... | 32 |
What Is the HP Caliper GUI?................................................................................................... | 32 |
Window Basics...................................................................................................................... | 32 |
Projects View ................................................................................................................. | 33 |
Collect View .................................................................................................................. | 34 |
Analyze View ................................................................................................................ | 35 |
Advisor View ................................................................................................................. | 36 |
Console View ................................................................................................................ | 37 |
Diagnostics View ........................................................................................................... | 38 |
Help View ..................................................................................................................... | 38 |
Tips for Using Views........................................................................................................... | 39 |
Making Measurements............................................................................................................ | 39 |
Hints on How to Make Measurements................................................................................... | 39 |
Exploring Performance Data..................................................................................................... | 40 |
Getting Performance Tuning Advice........................................................................................... | 40 |
Getting Help.......................................................................................................................... | 41 |
Starting the GUI..................................................................................................................... | 41 |
Native (Local) GUI............................................................................................................. | 41 |
Remote GUI...................................................................................................................... | 41 |
