Low-overhead call path profiling of unmodified, optimized code

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 81-90

  Froyd, Nathan ^a   Mellor Crummey, John ^a   Fowler, Rob ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALL-INTENSIVE PROGRAMS; HIGHLY-OPTIMIZED CODE; PATH PROFILER; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION;

DATA STRUCTURES; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAM COMPILERS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 32844470371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1088149.1088161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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