Performance-measurement tools in a multiprocessor environment

Author

Burkhart, Helmar ; Millen, Roland

Author_Institution

Basel Univ., Switzerland

Volume

38

Issue

5

fYear

1989

fDate

5/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

725

Lastpage

737

Abstract

A family of monitoring facilities is proposed which are used in combination, e.g. a breakpoint monitor used for debugging purposes, a mailbox monitor for analysis of synchronization traffic, and a bus monitor for measurements of bus load. These tools are used in multi-monitor mode, for which both a common programming-language interface and a user interface are provided. Design concepts are presented, along with the overall structure of such an integrated monitoring tool set in a multiprocessor environment. How a combination of hardware and software monitors is embedded into a MODULA-2 multiprocessor environment is outlined, as a case study

Keywords

multiprocessing systems; performance evaluation; software tools; user interfaces; MODULA-2 multiprocessor environment; breakpoint monitor; bus load measurements; bus monitor; common programming-language interface; debugging; integrated monitoring tool; mailbox monitor; monitoring facilities; multi-monitor mode; performance-measurement tools; synchronization traffic analysis; user interface; Algorithm design and analysis; Computerized monitoring; Debugging; Hardware; Measurement; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Programming environments; Programming profession; Software algorithms;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/12.24274

Filename

24274