Intel® Inspector User Guide for Windows* OS

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Intel® Inspector User Guide for Windows* OS
Intel® Inspector User Guide for Windows* OS x
Get Started Before You Begin Set Up a Project Collect Results Investigate Results Test for Regressions Suppressions Support API Support Troubleshooting User Interface Reference Problem Type Reference Command Line Interface Support MPI Applications Support Appendix Notices and Disclaimers
Get Started x
Dynamic Analysis vs. Static Analysis Key Terminology Sample Applications and Tutorials Workflows-Quick Paths to Maximizing Productivity
Workflows-Quick Paths to Maximizing Productivity x
Analysis Workflow Reporting Workflow Regression Testing Workflow
Before You Begin x
Visual Studio* Integration Standalone Intel Inspector GUI Startup Tasks
Startup Tasks x
Change Result and Result Directory Name Templates Choose Baseline Results for Setting States Display Application Output
Set Up a Project x
Build Your Application Choose Projects Configure Projects
Build Your Application x
Configure Debug Mode for Applications in the Visual Studio* IDE Set Up Applications to Build in Debug Mode in the Visual Studio* IDE
Choose Projects x
Choose Projects in the StandaloneIntel Inspector GUI Choose Projects in the Visual Studio* IDE Create Projects in the StandaloneIntel Inspector GUI Create Solutions/Projects From Applications in the Visual Studio* IDE
Configure Projects x
Binary/Symbol Search and Source Search Locations Choose Data Sets Manage Suppression Rules Search Non-standard Directories Set Project Properties-Advanced Set Target Application Properties - Basic
Collect Results x
Configure Analysis Run Analysis Examine Result Data During Analysis
Configure Analysis x
Memory Error Analysis Types Threading Error Analysis Types Manage Custom Analysis Types
Run Analysis x
Run Memory Error and Threading Error Analyses Stop Analysis
Examine Result Data During Analysis x
Find Memory Leaks On Demand Measure Memory Growth
Investigate Results x
View Results Choose Problems Interpret Result Data and Resolve Issues Investigate Problems Using Interactive Debugging Collaborate on Results Export and Import Files Compare Results
View Results x
Manage Help Snippet Displays Open Results Show Result Summaries
Choose Problems x
Deselecting Filter Criteria Refining the Source File Set Selecting Filter Criteria Selecting Problems
Interpret Result Data and Resolve Issues x
Severity Levels States Access the Explain Problem Help Change States Customize Frame Presentation Customize Data Columns Edit Source Code
Investigate Problems Using Interactive Debugging x
Intel Inspector Debug Extensions in the Visual Studio* IDE Disable and Re-enable Problem Breakpoints Stop Analyses During Interactive Debugging
Collaborate on Results x
State Merge Merge States Across Results Report Result Data
Export and Import Files x
Export Archives Import Archives and Other Files
Test for Regressions x
Tes for Regressions: Recommended Approach Test for Regressions: Other Approaches
Suppressions Support x
Suppressions Support Using the GUI Suppressions Support Using Handwritten Suppression Rules Suppressions Support Using Third-party Suppression Rules
Suppressions Support Using the GUI x
Typical Suppressions Usage Model Using the GUI Suppression Rule Reach in the GUI Suppression Rule Examples in the GUI Defining Suppression Rules in the GUI Deleting Suppression Rules Applied to Marked Result Data in the GUI
Suppressions Support Using Handwritten Suppression Rules x
Typical Suppressions Usage Models Using Handwritten Suppression Files Suppression Rule Syntax in Text Format Suppression Rule Examples in Text Format
Suppressions Support Using Third-party Suppression Rules x
Typical Suppressions Usage Models Using Third-party Suppression Files Third-party Suppression Files
API Support x
APIs for Custom Synchronization APIs for Custom Memory Allocation APIs for Collection Control
Troubleshooting x
Troubleshooting Anti-virus Software Issues Troubleshooting Application Crashes Troubleshooting Internal Thread Suspension Attempt Troubleshooting No Problems Detected Troubleshooting No Symbolic Information Troubleshooting OpenMP* Technology Issues Troubleshooting Out-of-memory Conditions Troubleshooting Tamper-resistance Issues Troubleshooting Unexpected Application Behavior During Memory Error Analyses
User Interface Reference x
Context Menus: Problem Details Pane Context Menus: Project Navigator Context Menus: Solution Explorer Context Menus: Sources Window Panes Context Menus: Summary Window Panes Dialog Box: Corresponding inspxe-cl Command Options Dialog Box: Create a Project Dialog Box: Create Suppression Dialog Box: Custom Analysis Dialog Box: Delete Suppressions Dialog Box: Disabled Problem Breakpoints Dialog Box: Export Result Dialog Box: Merge States Dialog Box: Options-General Dialog Box: Options-Result Location Dialog Box: Options-State Management Dialog Box: Problem Report Dialog Box: Project Properties-Binary/Symbol Search Dialog Box: Project Properties-Source Search Dialog Box: Project Properties-Suppressions Dialog Box: Project Properties-Target Dialog Box: Refine Source File Set Dialog Box: Select Stack Frame(s) Dialog Box: View Stack Hot Keys Pane: Analysis Type-Custom Pane: Analysis Type-Memory Errors Pane: Analysis Type-Threading Errors Pane: Application Output Pane: Code and Stack Pane: Code Locations Pane: Collection Log Pane: Collector Messages Pane: Compare Results Pane: Filters Pane: Import Result Pane: Launch Application Pane: Problem Details Pane: Problems Pane: Project Navigator Pane: Timeline Toolbar: Command Toolbar: Intel Inspector Toolbar: Navigation Window: Collection Log Window: Compare Results Window: Import Result Window: Sources Window: Summary After Analysis Is Complete Window: Summary During Analysis
Problem Type Reference x
Cross-thread Stack Access Data Race Deadlock GDI Resource Leak Incorrect memcpy Call Invalid Deallocation Invalid Memory Access Invalid Partial Memory Access Kernel Resource Leak Lock Hierarchy Violation Memory Growth Memory Leak Memory Not Deallocated Mismatched Allocation/Deallocation Missing Allocation Thread Exit Information Thread Start Information Unhandled Application Exception Uninitialized Memory Access Uninitialized Partial Memory Access
Command Line Interface Support x
Command Syntax Command Syntax Alternatives and Rules Command Line Output Collecting Result Data from the Command Line Working with Reports from the Command Line Working with Suppressions from the Command Line inspxe-cl Actions, Options and Arguments
Working with Reports from the Command Line x
Reporting Result Data from the Command Line Saving and Formatting Reports from the Command Line Interpreting Result Data from the Command Line
Working with Suppressions from the Command Line x
Creating a Suppress-All File from the Command Line Converting Third-Party Suppression Files from the Command Line Applying Suppression Files from the Command Line Workaround for Disabled Suppressions from the Command Line
inspxe-cl Actions, Options and Arguments x
app-working-dir archive-name baseline-result collect collect-with command convert-suppression-file create-suppression-file csv-delimiter executable-of-interest export filter finalize format help include-snippets include-sources import knob knob-list merge-states module-filter module-filter-mode no-auto-finalize no-summary option-file quiet report report-all report-output result-dir return-app-exitcode search-dir sort-asc sort-desc suppression-file user-data-dir verbose version
MPI Applications Support x
MPI Analysis Workflow MPI Analysis Limitations See Also Configure Installation Options Collect MPI Performance/Correctness Data Finalize MPI Collected Data View MPI Collected Data MPI Analysis Limitations Support of Non-Intel MPI Implementations Additional MPI Resources
Appendix x
Product Design Sample Code Caveats Intel Inspector Filenames and Locations Notational Conventions Related Information System APIs Supported During Memory Error Analysis System APIs Supported During Threading Error Analysis Evaluation Features
Intel® Inspector User Guide for Windows* OS

MPI Analysis Workflow

To analyze the performance and correctness of an MPI application at the inter-process level, use the Intel® Trace Analyzer and Collector tool (located at <installdir>/itac directory after installation). The Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector attaches to the application through linkage (statically, dynamically, also through LD_PRELOAD or via the Intel Compiler -tcollect and -tcollect-filter options), or by using the itcpin tool. The tools collect information about events at the MPI level between processes and allow analyzing the performance and correctness of the MPI calls, deadlock detection, data layout errors, as well as risky or incorrect MPI constructs. The Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector data is correlated and aggregated across all processes and all nodes that participated in the execution run.

Beyond the inter-process level of MPI parallelism, the processes that make up the applications on a modern cluster often also use fork-join threading through OpenMP* and Intel® oneAPI Threading Building Blocks (oneTBB) . This is where the Intel® VTune™ Profiler and the Intel Inspector should respectively be used to analyze the performance and correctness of an MPI application.

At the high level the analysis workflow consists of three steps:

  1. Use the amplxe-cl and inspxe-cl command-line tools to collect data about an application. By default, all processes are analyzed, but it is possible (and sometimes required for Intel VTune Profiler - there are certain collection technology limitations) to filter the data collection to limit it to a subset of processes. An individual result directory is created for each spawned MPI application process that was analyzed with MPI process rank value captured.

  2. Post-process the result, which is also called finalization or symbol resolution. This is done automatically for each result directory once the collection has finished.

  3. Open the content of each result directory through the GUI standalone viewer to analyze the data for the specific process. The GUI viewers are independent: Intel VTune Profiler and Intel Inspector have their own user-interfaces.

NOTE:

  • The file system contents should be the same on all nodes to make sure that the modules referenced in the collected data are available automatically on the host where the collection was initiated. This limitation can be overcome by manual copying of the modules for analysis from the nodes and adjusting the Intel VTune Profiler / Intel Inspector project search directories to make the modules found.

  • For Intel VTune Profiler the CPU model and stepping should be the same on all nodes so that the hardware Event-based sampling operates with the same Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) type on all nodes.

MPI Analysis Limitations

There are certain limitations in the current MPI profiling support provided by the Intel VTune Profiler / Intel Inspector:

  • MPI dynamic processes are not supported by the Intel VTune Profiler / Intel Inspector. An example of dynamic process API is MPI_Comm_spawn

  • The data collections that use the hardware event-based sampling collector are limited to only one such collection allowed at a time on a system. When the Intel VTune Profiler is used to profile an MPI application, it is the responsibility of the user to make sure that only one SEP data collection session is launched on a given host. Common ways to achieve this is using the host syntax and distribute the ranks running under the tool over different hosts.

Parent topic: MPI Applications Support
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