The perf_to_profile
binary can be used to turn a perf.data file, which is
generated by the linux profiler, perf, into a profile.proto file which can be
visualized using the tool pprof.
For details on pprof, see https://github.com/google/pprof
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL GOOGLE PRODUCT
Install dependencies
sudo apt-get -y install g++ git libelf-dev libcap-dev
To install all dependences and build the binary, run the following commands. These were tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
Install dependencies and build perf_to_profile using bazel
git clone https://github.com/google/perf_data_converter.git
cd perf_data_converter
bazel build src:perf_to_profile
Place the perf_to_profile
binary in a place accessible from your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin
).
There are a small number of tests that verify the basic functionality. To run these, after successful compilation, run:
bazel test src:all
bazel test src/quipper:all
Note: Executables generated using bazel build
are available under the
directory bazel-bin/
.
Profile a command using perf, for example:
perf record /bin/ls
Recent versions of pprof will automatically invoke perf_to_profile
:
pprof -web perf.data
We appreciate your help!
Note that perf data converter and quipper projects do not use GitHub pull requests, and that we use the issue tracker for bug reports.