Explore some tips on viewing inline functions and customizing the Timeline pane for big data collected during the Intel® Xeon™ Phi coprocessor analysis.
Note
Analysis of the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor targets is supported only with the VTune Amplifier XE.
Viewing Inline Functions
Intel® VTune™ Amplifier enables you to view performance data of inline functions for compiler-optimized applications with symbols. To enable this feature, use the Intel Compiler switch -debug intel-debug-info. By default, the VTune Amplifier displays inline functions (virtual frames) as regular functions. To view all instances of the inline function in one row, select the Source Function/Function/Call Stack level in the Grouping menu. Note that virtual frames may be structured as call stacks, but this is just a display of the inline functions nested within their calling functions. Call stack view is not supported for applications targeted for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor.
To disable displaying inline functions, select off from the Inline Mode drop-down menu on the filter toolbar.
Viewing Threads on the Timeline
To view performance data provided in the Timeline pane, right-click and select the Change Band Height > Super Tiny context menu option. This bird’s eye view helps observe large numbers that are typical for high-end parallel applications targeted for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors, easier recognize application phases, and identify ranges of underutilization for further zooming/filtering. This mode sets the minimal row height (up to 1 pixel) and shows limited graphs of event data. If there is data, the active ranges are colored: the more data is associated with a pixel, the more intense color is used for drawing. Otherwise, the band is shown in a regular background color.
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