HP Caliper 5.7 User Guide (769153-001, March 2014)

Measurement
global, 27
precise, 27
sampled, 27
Measurement configuration file, 43
Measurement configuration files
Overview measurement, 45
provided with HP Caliper, 43
Simultaneous fprof sampling on multiple PMU
Counters, 46
using, 46
Measurement types, 45
Measurements
types you can take, 27
Measuring load modules, 95
default settings for, 95
Memory usage
measuring concurrently, 154
memreq event set, 255
merge command see caliper merge command
Merging performance data, 116
Metrics used for sorting and cutoffs, 106
Misdirected branch error, 167
Mispredicted Branches error message, 167
Modules
specifying, 96
Multiple PMU Counters
Simultaneous fprof sampling, 46
Multiprocess measurements, 97
N
New information in User Guide, 13
O
Options
HP Caliper, 48
Options file, using, 50
Organization of User Guide, 13
Overview of HP Caliper, 17
P
Performance data
combining, 116
Performance problems
identifying, 28
Performance sampling, 27
Performing measurements
attaching to a running process, 101
Performing precise measurements, 160
Performing sampled measurements, 101
PHKL_34020 error message, 169
PMU measurements
limiting to specific code regions, 163
PMU Sample Hits Outside Function Range error message,
169
PMU samples, 161
pmu_trace measurement report description, 224
Precise measurement, 27
Precise measurements
performing, 160
Process region, 199
Process selection, 97
Process tree report, 97
example, 98
Processes measurement, 97
Q
Quad-core processor
HyperThreading information, 114
queues event set, 256
R
Reading an Advisor report, 83
Reference information
displaying, 102
Related documentation, 15
Report
creating, 30
report command see caliper report command
Report description
alat measurement, 171
branch measurement, 175
cgprof, 180
cpu measurement, 183
cstack measurement, 186
cycles measurement, 188
dcache measurement, 193
dtlb measurement, 201
ecount measurement, 206
fcount measurement, 208
fcover measurement, 209
fprof measurement, 210
icache measurement, 215
itlb measurement, 219
pmu_trace measurement , 224
scgprof measurement, 224
traps measurement, 227
Report generation
from saved data, 115
Report layout, 105
Report output
HyperThreading information shown in, 114
Report structure, 105
Reports
configuring, 105
Restricting PMU measurements, 163
S
Sampled call graph profile analysis, producing, 122
Sampled call graph reports error message, 169
Sampled call stack profile, producing, 134
Sampled measurement, 27
Sampled measurements
performing, 101
Sampling
performance, 27
scgprof measurement report description, 224
Shortening CPU event names, 94
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