HP Caliper User's Guide

Figure 8-1 .caliperinit File
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#Options applied to all report types.
application ='myapp'
arguments = '-myarg 2'
context_lines = 0,3
summary_cutoff = 1
detail_cutoff =5
source_path_map = '/proj/src,/net/dogbert/proj/src:/home/wilson/work'
#Report-specific options.
if caliper_config_file == 'branch':
sort_by = 'taken'
elif caliper_config_file == 'fprof':
sort_by = 'fcount'
report_details = 'statement'
context_lines = 'all'
# Apply an option to a subset of reports.
if caliper_config_file in ("fcount"):
module_exclude = '/usr/lib/'
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To apply an option to only one type of report, use an if clause specifying the
measurement configuration file name followed by the options for that measurement
configuration file. For example, to specify the program to profile and the arguments
to use and sort the results by the fcount value, you would write this in your
.caliperinit file:
if caliper_config_file == 'fcount':
application="/opt/mpi/bin/mpirun"
arguments = "-np 2 /proj/dynopt/test_fe/mpi_hello_world"
sort_by = "fcount"
Setting Constants in the .caliperinit File
There are several constants that you can set in the .caliperinit file or in a
measurement configuration file to give you additional control over reports. These
constants, which are not available from the HP Caliper command line, are:
• disasm_target_name_limit = limit
Specifies the maximum number of characters to print for branch target symbols
in the disassembly listing. (Default: 30.)
• suppress_init_warnings = True|False
If True, no warnings will be issued if unrecognized variables are detected in the
measurement configuration files or the .caliperinit file. Default: False.)
122 Configuring HP Caliper