Intel® VTune™ Profiler User Guide

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Using JIT Profiling API

To include JIT Profiling support, do one of the following:
  • Include the following files to your source tree:
    • jitprofiling.h
      , located under
      <install-dir>\include
       (Windows*) or
      <install-dir>/include
       (Linux*)
    • ittnotify_config.h
      ,
      ittnotify_types.h
       and
      jitprofiling.c
      , located under
      <install-dir>\sdk\src\ittnotify
       (Windows*) or
      <install-dir>/sdk/src/ittnotify
       (Linux*)
    The default installation path for the VTune Profiler varies with the product shipment:
  • Use the static library provided with the product:
    1. Include
      jitprofiling.h
       file, located under the
      <install-dir>\include
       (Windows*) or
      <install-dir>/include
       (Linux*) directory, in your code. This header file provides all API function prototypes and type definitions.
    2. Link to
      jitprofiling.lib
       (Windows*) or
      jitprofiling.a
       (Linux*), located under
      <install-dir>\lib32
      or
      <install-dir>\lib64
       (Windows*) or
      <install-dir>/lib32
       or
      <install-dir>/lib32
       (Linux*).
Use This Primitive
To Do This
int iJIT_NotifyEvent( iJIT_JVM_EVENT event_type, void *EventSpecificData );
Use this API to send a notification of
event_type
 with the data pointed by
EventSpecificData
 to the agent. The reported information is used to attribute samples obtained from any
Intel® VTune™
Profiler
 collector.
unsigned int iJIT_GetNewMethodID( void );
Generate a new method ID. You must use this function to assign unique and valid method IDs to methods reported to the profiler.
This API returns a new unique method ID. When out of unique method IDs, this API function returns 0.
iJIT_IsProfilingActiveFlags iJIT_IsProfilingActive( void );
Returns the current mode of the profiler: off, or sampling, using the
iJIT_IsProfilingActiveFlags
 enumeration.
This API returns
iJIT_SAMPLING_ON
 by default, indicating that Sampling is running. It returns
iJIT_NOTHING_RUNNING
 if no profiler is running.

Lifetime of Allocated Data

You send an event notification to the agent (
VTune
Profiler
) with event-specific data, which is a structure. The pointers in the structure refer to memory you allocated and you are responsible for releasing it. The pointers are used by the
iJIT_NotifyEvent
 method to copy your data in a trace file, and they are not used after the
iJIT_NotifyEvent
 method returns.

JIT Profiling API Sample Application

VTune
Profiler
 is installed with a sample application in the
jitprofiling_vtune_amp_xe.zip
 (Windows*) or
jitprofiling_vtune_amp_xe.tgz
 (Linux*) that emulates the creation and execution of dynamic code. In addition, it uses the JIT profiling API to notify the
VTune
Profiler
 when it transfers execution control to dynamic code.
To install and set up the sample code:
  1. Copy the
    jitprofiling_vtune_amp_xe.zip
     (Windows*) or
    jitprofiling_vtune_amp_xe.tgz
     (Linux*) file from the
    <install-dir>\samples\<locale>\C++
     (Windows*) or
    <install-dir>/samples/<locale>/C++
     (Linux*)directory to a writable directory or share on your system.
  2. Extract the sample from the archive file.

Build jitprofiling.c in Microsoft Visual Studio*

  1. Copy the
    jitprofiling_vtune_amp_xe.zip
     file from the
    <install-dir>\samples\<locale>\C++
     directory to a writable directory or share on your system.
  2. Extract the sample from the
    .zip
     file.
  3. Open the
    jitprofiling.sln
     file with Microsoft Visual Studio.
  4. Right-click
    jitprofiling
     in the
    Solution Explorer
     and select
    Properties
    . The
    jitprofiling Property Pages
     window opens.
  5. Set the
    Platform
     (top of the window) to
    x64
    .
  6. Select
    Configuration Properties
    C/C++
    General
     and add the path to the headers (
    <install-dir>
    /include
    ) to
    Additional Include Directories
    .
  7. Select
    Configuration Properties
    C/C++
    Linker
    General
     and add the path to the library (
    <install-dir>
    /lib32
     or
    <install-dir>
    /lib64
    ) to
    Additional Library Directories
    .
  8. Click
    OK
     to apply the changes and close the window.
  9. Rebuild the solution with the new project settings.

Product and Performance Information

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Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.