[Haskell-cafe] Meaning abbreviations stat file GHC

[Kirsten Chevalier]

[redirecting to ghc-users]

On 1/13/07, Ron <iampure at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear,
>
> I made a profile[1] of a test program:
> Where can I find documentation for the meaning of everything mentioned
> below? Or alternatively, can anyone explain them?
>
> Where can I see the effect of using the -xt option in this profile?
>
> Ron
>
> [1]
> /Main +RTS -p -s -xt -hc
> 1,372,408,024 bytes allocated in the heap
> 121,255,600 bytes copied during GC (scavenged)
>   6,584,692 bytes copied during GC (not scavenged)
>   2,768,896 bytes maximum residency (68 sample(s))
>
>        2649 collections in generation 0 (  1.11s)
>          68 collections in generation 1 (  0.49s)
>
>           6 Mb total memory in use
>
>   INIT  time    0.00s  (  0.00s elapsed)
>   MUT   time    5.97s  (  6.63s elapsed)
>   GC    time    1.60s  (  1.88s elapsed)
>   RP    time    0.00s  (  0.00s elapsed)
>   PROF  time    0.19s  (  0.20s elapsed)
>   EXIT  time    0.00s  (  0.00s elapsed)
>   Total time    7.76s  (  8.71s elapsed)
>
>   %GC time      20.6%  (21.5% elapsed)
>
>   Alloc rate    229,946,873 bytes per MUT second
>
>   Productivity  76.9% of total user, 68.5% of total elapsed
>

I don't think that the format of this file is documented anywhere
(though it should be), but this information is really meant for GHC
implementors. Have you looked at the chapter on profiling in the GHC
manual yet?
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/profiling.html
There's also a very sketchy intro to profiling in the GHC Commentary:
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Profiling
and you're welcome to improve it.

If the above documentation doesn't answer your questions, feel free to
reply to this mailing list with more specific questions; it might help
to explain exactly what you're trying to find out about your program's
behavior.

Cheers,
Kirsten

-- 
Kirsten Chevalier* chevalier at alum.wellesley.edu *Often in error, never in doubt
"What is research but a blind date with knowledge?" -- Will Henry