HP PAK Performance Analysis Tools User's Guide

Chapter 1 5

Overview of HP PAK Tools

Using Puma

• Select Call Tree Analysis to display a given performance

metric relative to the libraries and routines that executed during

the sample set.

• Select Playback Thread States to step through the stack trace

of multi-threaded programs (on systems that support

kernel-threaded applications).

❏ The Messages box displays any run-time messages generated by

Puma.

For More Information

See Chapter 2, “Puma Concepts,” for more information on how Puma

collects data and generates statistics.

See the puma(l) man page.

Detailed online help on all of Puma's functions is available from Puma's

Help menus. The online help also includes a tutorial that guides you

through data collection and analysis.

Here are a few tips on using Puma's online help:

• To browse the Puma Help volume, begin by selecting

Help:Introduction in the main Puma window and then follow

hyperlinks throughout the volume.

• To ﬁnd help on using a particular window or dialog box, click on the

Help menu or button in that display.

• To ﬁnd help on a particular screen item (button, list box, etc.), select

Help:On Item in the main Puma window and then click on the

desired item in any Puma window.

• To ﬁnd information on searching and printing helpﬁles, select

Help:On Help in the main Puma window.