SvPablo: A multi-language architecture-independent performanceanalysis system
De Rose, L.A.; Reed, D.A.
Parallel Processing, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 International Conference on
Volume , Issue , 1999 Page(s):311 - 318
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ICPP.1999.797417
Summary:In this paper we present the design of SvPablo, a language
independent performance analysis and visualization system that can be
easily extended to new contexts with minimal changes to the software
infrastructure. At present, SvPablo supports analysis of applications
written in C, Fortran 77, Fortran 90, and HPF on a variety of sequential
and parallel systems. In addition to capturing application data via
software instrumentation, SvPablo also exploits hardware performance
counters to capture the interaction of software and hardware. Both
hardware and software performance data are summarized during program
execution, enabling measurement of programs that execute for hours or
days on hundreds of processors. This performance data is stored in a
format designed to be language transparent and portable. We demonstrate
the usefulness of SvPablo for tuning application programs with a case
study running on an SGI Origin 2000
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