HP Caliper User's Guide

Figure A-2 Comments in the branch Measurement Configuration File
# ------------------------------------------------
# Criteria for limiting types of branches recorded
# branch_taken_criterion
#
#VALUES:
# Caliper_no_branches - do not record branches taken/not taken
# NOTE: Caliper_no_branches results in no
# branch traces
# Caliper_not_taken_branches - record branches not taken
# Caliper_taken_branches - record branches taken
# Caliper_all_branch_outcomes - record both taken and not taken branches
#
branch_taken_criterion= Caliper_all_branch_outcomes
# target_prediction_criterion
#
#VALUES:
# Caliper_predictions_target_miss - record branches that mispredict target
# Caliper_predictions_target_hit - record branches that predict target
# Caliper_predictions_target_all - record branches that predict or mispredict
# target
#
target_prediction_criterion= Caliper_predictions_target_all
# whether_prediction_criterion
#
#VALUES:
# Caliper_predictions_whether_miss - record branches that mispredict branch
# taken/not taken
# Caliper_predictions_whether_hit - record branches that correctly predict
# branch taken/not taken
# Caliper_predictions_whether_all - record branches regardless of success of
# the taken/not taken prediction
#
whether_prediction_criterion= Caliper_predictions_whether_all
# branch_type_criterion
#
#NOTE:
# This criterion is only available on Itanium 2 processors
#
# VALUES:
# Caliper_branch_type_all
# Caliper_branch_type_ip_rel
# Caliper_branch_type_return
# Caliper_branch_type_non_return_indirect
#
PMU Sample Hits Outside Function Range
Some shared libraries, in particular libc, have significant stub code at the end of the
ELF text segment. These stubs are not technically part of any function. In the cases
where these stubs are disassembled, HP Caliper displays only the bundle that incurred
the hit without any context information.
PMU Sample Hits Outside Function Range 219