The dynamic probe class library-an infrastructure for developing instrumentation for performance tools

Author

DeRose, Luiz ; Hoover, Ted ; Hollingsworth, Jeffrey K.

Author_Institution

Adv. Comput. Technol. Center, IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

36982

Abstract

The complexity of both parallel architectures and parallel applications poses several problems for the development of performance analysis and optimization tools. In this paper, we describe the motivations and the main aspects of the design of the Dynamic Probe Class Library (DPCL), an object based C++ class library that provides an infrastructure to reduce the cost of writing instrumentation for performance tools. Additionally, we present some of the performance tools built on top of DPCL, which demonstrate the power and flexibility of the library

Keywords

object-oriented programming; parallel architectures; performance evaluation; software tools; Dynamic Probe Class Library; complexity; object based C++ class library; optimization tools; parallel architectures; performance analysis; performance tools; Application software; Computer science; Costs; Educational institutions; Instruments; Libraries; Parallel architectures; Performance analysis; Probes; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium., Proceedings 15th International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1530-2075

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0990-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPDPS.2001.925012

Filename

925012