Title :
Effectiveness of sampling based software profilers
Author :
Subramaniam, K.V. ; Thazhuthaveetil, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Autom., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
Profilers are a class of program monitoring tools which aid in tuning performance. Profiling tools which employ PC (Program Counter) sampling to monitor program dynamics are popular owing to their low overhead. However, the effectiveness of such profilers depends on the accuracy and completeness of the measurements made. We study the methodology and effectiveness of PC sampling based software profilers
Keywords :
program testing; software tools; system monitoring; systems software; PC sampling; Program Counter sampling; measurement accuracy; measurement completeness; performance tuning; program dynamics monitoring; program monitoring tools; sampling based software profilers; Automation; Computer science; Computerized monitoring; Counting circuits; Decision making; Programming profession; Resonance; Sampling methods; Software tools; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Software Testing, Reliability and Quality Assurance, 1994. Conference Proceedings., First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2608-3
DOI :
10.1109/STRQA.1994.526376
