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9) PROFILING LINDA PROGRAMS


9.1) How can I profile my Linda program to find out how to make it run faster?

Profiling is supported by Network Linda. Link the program using the "-linda profile" clc option. Then, run the program as usual using ntsnet. This will generate one Linda trace file for each node. These files must be postprocessed by the pgtrace command to produce a single ParaGraph trace file. The ParaGraph trace file can then be viewed using PG. For example,

 

   lc -o prime -linda profile prime.cl
		  tsnet -n 4 prime 4 1000000 10000
		  0gtrace prime*.ltr > prime.trf
		  % PG prime.trf


9.2) What ParaGraph displays are useful to use when viewing trace files produced by Linda?

Most displays can be useful, except for the "Tasks" displays, which is not supported (there is no means of defining tasks in Linda). Other utilization and communication displays, such as Gantt, Kiviat, Spacetime, and Animation, can all be useful for characterizing the performance of a Linda program.

 



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