Tutorial

This tutorial provides a beginner-friendly introduction to using difffent profiling tools for C/C++ programs.

Topics	Material	Exercises	Duration
Setup the Application	15 minutes	15 minutes	30 minutes
GProf	30 minutes	15 minutes	45 minutes
Intel VTune	30 minutes	15 minutes	45 minutes
Valgrind	30 minutes	15 minutes	45 minutes
HPC Toolkit	30 minutes	15 minutes	45 minutes
Nsight Systems	30 minutes	15 minutes	45 minutes

• Setup the Application
  • Build the LULESH application
  • Test the LULESH application
• GProf
  • Flat Profile
  • Call Graph
• Intel VTune
  • HotsPot Analysis
  • HPC Performance
  • Memory Aceess
  • GUI Analysis
• Valgrind
  • Run Valgrind to detect memory leaks
  • Indirect leak example
  • Possibly lost example
  • Still reachable example
  • Detailed leak report
• HPC Toolkit
  • HPC Profiler
  • HPC Viewer
• Nsight Systems
  • Nsight Systems profiler
  • Viewing the report