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profile multiple child processes

ccrotty — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:51:48 GMT

We have an application (on linux) that forks multiple copies of a multi-threaded app we would like to monitor with Inspector.

I was having problems with it not seeing known memory issues of these child processes (yes, the child application config is defined) and saw the following in the linux release notes:

If a child application is selected for analysis, the Intel Inspector XE analyzes only the first instance of that application, even if multiple instances of that application occur.

Is this a limitation of the current Linux build or is this just how the app works? In the future will multiple copies be supported?

Thanks in advance,
Chris

Profile multiple child processes

SergeyKostrov — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:41:04 GMT

Quoting ccrotty

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If a child application is selected for analysis, the Intel Inspector XE analyzes only the first instance of that application, even if multiple instances of that application occur.

Is this a limitation of the current Linux build or is this just how the app works?..

I don't think that this is a limitation of Linux. However, I would be glad to hear some feedback from Intel Software Engineers.

Best regards,
Sergey

Profile multiple child processes

Rob5 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:17:14 GMT

If a child application is selected for analysis, the Intel Inspector XE analyzes only the firstinstance of that application, even if multiple instances of that application occur.

This is a limitation documented in the release notes for Intel Inspector XE 2011 Update 9 and Intel Inspector XE 2013 beta Update 2.

- Rob