HP Caliper 5.3 User Guide (5900-1558, February 2011)

-p some option syntax, 98
-r option, 51
-s option, 52
used with caliper info command, 102
-t option, 74
-w option, 54
.caliperinit file, 91
additional report options, 92
example, 91
A
AAS executables, 19
Adaptive Address Space, 19
Advisor, 76
Aggregating performance data, 114
alat measurement report description, 168
Arguments
command-line, 27
Attaching to a running process, 100, 158
Audience of User Guide, 12
B
branch measurement report description, 171
Branch targets
in disassembly listings, 110
brpath event set, 219
brpred event set, 220
Build process
using HP Caliper in, 100
Bus request queue (BRQ), 243, 247
C
c2c event set, 222
Cache line, 207, 210
caliper diff command, 117
caliper info command, 101
Caliper Invalid Measurement Combination error message,
164
caliper merge command, 115
caliper report command, 115
CALIPER_DATABASES environment variable, 103
CALIPER_OPTS environment variable, 103
CALIPER_PMU_DISABLE macro, 161
CALIPER_PMU_ENABLE macro, 161
Call graph profile
creating, 28
Call graph profile report description, 175
Call stack profile, producing, 132
cgprof report description, 175
Changed information in User Guide, 12
chatr command, 120, 158
Collecting data for load modules, 94
Command line, 27
to invoke the Advisor, 78
Configuration files see Measurement configuration files
Configuring data collection, 93
Configuring HP Caliper, 91
Configuring reports, 104
Constants
setting in .caliperinit file, 92
Control speculation, 226
Controlling granularity of data collection and reports, 96
Counter information, 101
CPU counter information, 101
CPU counters, 93
CPU event names
shortening, 93
CPU events, 93
cpu measurement report description, 178
CPU metrics , 151
event set descriptions for, 219
CPU_OP_CYCLES.ALL event, 112
CPU_OP_CYCLES.ALL:all_threads=true event, 112
cpubus event set, 225
Creating a call graph profile, 28
Creating a report, 29
Creating a text report, 29
cspec event set, 226
cstack measurement report description, 181
Cutoffs
metrics used for, 105
cycles measurement report description, 183
D
Daemon processes
measuring, 100
Data collection
configuring, 93
Data collection for load modules
default settings for, 95
Data speculation, 168, 228
Data Summary
produced for dcache measurement, 191
Database
default location, 113
generating a report from, 114
location
in using the Advisor, 79
saving results to, 113
Databases directory, 113
dcache measurement report description, 186
Default home directory, 42
Detail reports, 109
Diagnostic messages, 164–166
diff command see caliper diff command
Differencing performance data, 114
Disabling the PMU, 161
disasm_target_name_limit constant, 92
Disassembly listing
branch targets in, 110
Disassembly listings, 109
Disassembly, adding to report, 24
dispersal event set, 227
Displaying reference information, 101
Documentation about HP Caliper, 30
Documentation resources, 14
dspec event set, 228
dtlb measurement report description, 193
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