On-the-fly visualization and debugging of parallel programs

Author

Hao, Ming C. ; Karp, Alan H. ; Mackey, Milon ; Singh, Vineet ; Chien, Jane

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Res. Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Jan-2 Feb 1994

Firstpage

386

Lastpage

391

Abstract

IVD, Interactive Visualization Debugger is intended to provide on-line and integrated mechanisms for debugging, performance analysis, and data visualization for message-passing parallel applications. The current IVD includes: (I) ESP, a mechanism to multicast window-based commands from a single control window to some subset of existing debuggers/visualizers on various processes; (2) program replay to reproduce program runs deterministically to enable cyclic debugging; and (3) ad hoc data visualization of distributed arrays using existing visualizers

Keywords

data visualisation; message passing; parallel programming; program debugging; software tools; system monitoring; visual programming; ESP; IVD; Interactive Visualization Debugger; data visualization; debugging; distributed arrays; message-passing parallel applications; multicast window-based commands; on-the-fly visualization; parallel programs; performance analysis; program replay; Aggregates; Data analysis; Data visualization; Debugging; Electrostatic precipitators; Erbium; Libraries; Packaging; Performance analysis; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 1994., MASCOTS '94., Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Durham, NC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5292-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASCOT.1994.284394

Filename

284394