The Paradyn parallel performance measurement tool

Author

Miller, Barton P. ; Callaghan, Mark D. ; Cargille, Jonathan M. ; Hollingsworth, Jeffrey K. ; Irvin, R. Bruce ; Karavanic, Karen L. ; Kunchithapadam, Krishna ; Newhall, Tia

Author_Institution

Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

Volume

28

Issue

11

fYear

1995

fDate

11/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

46

Abstract

Paradyn is a tool for measuring the performance of large-scale parallel programs. Our goal in designing a new performance tool was to provide detailed, flexible performance information without incurring the space (and time) overhead typically associated with trace-based tools. Paradyn achieves this goal by dynamically instrumenting the application and automatically controlling this instrumentation in search of performance problems. Dynamic instrumentation lets us defer insertion until the moment it is needed (and remove it when it is no longer needed); Paradyn´s Performance Consultant decides when and where to insert instrumentation

Keywords

parallel programming; software performance evaluation; software tools; Paradyn parallel performance measurement tool; Performance Consultant; automatic instrumentation control; dynamic instrumentation; flexible performance information; insertion; large-scale parallel program; Aerodynamics; Automatic control; Debugging; High level languages; Instruments; Large-scale systems; Measurement; Parallel machines; Programming profession; Scalability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.471178

Filename

471178