The prep-script.sh
will setup the latest Node and install the latest perf version on your Linux box.
When you want to generate the flame graph, run the following (folder locations taken from install script):
sudo sysctl kernel.kptr_restrict=0
# May also have to do the following:
# (additional reading http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/14227/do-i-need-root-admin-permissions-to-run-userspace-perf-tool-perf-events-ar )
sudo sysctl kernel.perf_event_paranoid=0
perf record -i -g -e cycles:u -- ~/sources/node/node --perf-basic-prof script.js
perf script | egrep -v "( __libc_start| LazyCompile | v8::internal::| Builtin:| Stub:| LoadIC:|\[unknown\]| LoadPolymorphicIC:)" | sed 's/ LazyCompile:[*~]\?/ /' | ~/sources/FlameGraph/stackcollapse-perf.pl > out.perf-folded
~/sources/FlameGraph/flamegraph.pl out.perf-folded > node-flame.svg
The data munging is to help expose the most important bits. There is still some play that I'm working with, but right now it seems to be working.
Alternatives:
perf script | egrep -v "( __libc_start|node::Start\(| LazyCompile | Builtin:| Stub:| LoadIC:|\[unknown\]| LoadPolymorphicIC:)" | ../FlameGraph/stackcollapse-perf.pl | grep "uv_run" > out.perf-folded
perf script | egrep -v "( __libc_start|node::Start\(| LazyCompile | v8::internal::| Builtin:| Stub:| LoadIC:|\[unknown\]| LoadPolymorphicIC:)" | ../FlameGraph/stackcollapse-perf.pl | grep "uv_run" > out.perf-folded
@aseemk you can do that with the flamegraph app I created.
Includes instructions on how to get things working on Linux and Mac.
Also removes the
LazyCompile
for you when you load a map file.