Search Order

When locating binary/symbol/source files, the Intel® VTune™ Amplifier searches the following directories, in the following order:

1. Directory <result dir>/all (recursively).

2. Additional search directories that you defined for this project in the VTune Amplifier Source Search and Binary/Symbol Search dialog boxes.

3. For local collection, absolute path.

   For remote collection, the VTune Amplifier searches its cache directory for modules copied from the remote system or tries to get the module from the remote system using the absolute path.

   For results copied from a different machine, make sure to copy all the necessary source, symbol, and binary files required for result finalization.

   • For binaries, the path is captured in the result data files.

   • For symbol files, the path is referenced in the binary file.

   • For source files, the path is referenced in the symbol file.

   To locate the vmlinux file, the VTune Amplifier searches the following directories:

   • /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux

   • /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`

4. Search around the binary file.

   1. Search the directory of the corresponding binary file.

   2. Search the .debug subdirectory of the corresponding binary file directory.

5. System directories:

   • Binary files: If the file to search is a bare name only (no full path, no extension), it is appended by the .ko extension before searching in the following directories:

     1. /lib/modules (non-recursively)

     2. /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel (recursively)

   • Symbol files:

     • /usr/lib/debug (non-recursively)

     • /usr/lib/debug with appended path to the corresponding binary file (for example, /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ls.debug)

   • Source files:

     • /usr/src (non-recursively)

     • /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` (non-recursively)

If the VTune Amplifier cannot find a file that is necessary for a certain operation, such as viewing source, it brings up a window enabling you to enter the location of the missing file.