[Haskell-cafe] SoC idea: interactive profiling

[Patai Gergely]

> Last Summer, I also proposed a Google SOC project for profiling,
> called Parallel Profiling Support for GHC.  This project was denied
> for the Google SOC mostly due to the scope of the project and the
> concern that the project would take far longer than the Summer.
Yes, I'm aware of that trap. However, I think the ideas I proposed
(rather vaguely, I have to admit) could be handled in three months,
especially since I can familiarise myself with the relevant parts of the
rts before actual work starts, and the first part of the task doesn't
even require significant changes, if any.

> ThreadScope:
> http://raintown.org/?page_id=132
I know about that one, that's another reason why I wanted to explore the
area of more user-friendly space profiling instead: it seems somewhat
neglected. Of course that might be because people don't feel an urgent
need for more powerful tools, but I can't tell that without asking the
community.

> The EventLog framework (used by ThreadScope) is now available in the
> GHC RTS ($GHC_ROOT/rts/eventlog) and has been committed to GHC HEAD.
Thanks for the pointer, I'll check it out.

> Just to reiterate, make sure that the scope of your project is
> well-defined.  :)
Of course I intend to list some specific subtasks in my proposal,
preferably the kind that makes life much easier with minimal changes to
the codebase. :)

> If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
I'll see if I have some after looking at the code. For the time being
there's only the one I'd ask anyone: how do you think space profiling
could be made more convenient?

Gergely

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