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1 # Heap Profiling with MemoryInfra | 1 # Heap Profiling with MemoryInfra |
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3 As of Chrome 48, MemoryInfra supports heap profiling. The core principle is | 3 As of Chrome 48, MemoryInfra supports heap profiling. The core principle is |
4 a solution that JustWorks™ on all platforms without patching or rebuilding, | 4 a solution that JustWorks™ on all platforms without patching or rebuilding, |
5 intergrated with the chrome://tracing ecosystem. | 5 intergrated with the chrome://tracing ecosystem. |
6 | 6 |
7 [TOC] | 7 [TOC] |
8 | 8 |
9 ## How to Use | 9 ## How to Use |
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26 ![Cells containing a heap dump][cells-heap-dump] | 26 ![Cells containing a heap dump][cells-heap-dump] |
27 | 27 |
28 5. Scroll down all the way to _Heap Details_. | 28 5. Scroll down all the way to _Heap Details_. |
29 | 29 |
30 6. Pinpoint the memory bug and live happily ever after. | 30 6. Pinpoint the memory bug and live happily ever after. |
31 | 31 |
32 [memory-infra]: memory_infra.md | 32 [memory-infra]: memory_infra.md |
33 [m-purple]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot.com/d7bd f4d16204c293688be2e5a0bcb2bf463dbbc3 | 33 [m-purple]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot.com/d7bd f4d16204c293688be2e5a0bcb2bf463dbbc3 |
34 [cells-heap-dump]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot.com/a24d 80d6a08da088e2e9c8b2b64daa215be4dacb | 34 [cells-heap-dump]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot.com/a24d 80d6a08da088e2e9c8b2b64daa215be4dacb |
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36 ### Native stack traces | |
37 | |
38 By default heap profiling collects pseudo allocation traces, which are based | |
39 on trace events. I.e. frames in allocation traces correspond to trace events | |
40 that were active at the time of allocations, and are not real function names. | |
41 However, you can build a special Linux / Android build that will collect | |
42 real C/C++ stack traces. | |
43 | |
44 1. Build with the following GN flags: | |
45 | |
46 Linux | |
47 | |
48 enable_profiling = true | |
Primiano Tucci (use gerrit)
2016/06/30 14:45:47
Should we suggest also enable_full_stack_frames_f
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50 | |
51 Android | |
52 | |
53 arm_use_thumb = false | |
54 enable_profiling = true | |
55 | |
56 2. Start Chrome with `--enable-heap-profiling=native` switch (notice | |
57 `=native` part). | |
58 | |
59 On Android use the command line tool before starting the app: | |
60 | |
61 build/android/adb_chrome_public_command_line --enable-heap-profiling=nat ive | |
62 | |
63 (run the tool with an empty argument `''` to clear the command line) | |
64 | |
65 3. Grab a [MemoryInfra][memory-infra] trace. You don't need any other | |
66 categories besides `memory-infra`. | |
67 | |
68 4. Save the grabbed trace file. This step is needed because freshly | |
69 taken trace file contains raw addresses (which look like `pc:dcf5dbf8`) | |
70 instead of function names, and needs to be symbolized. | |
71 | |
72 4. Symbolize the trace file. During symbolization addresses are resolved to | |
73 the corresponding function names and trace file is rewritten (but a back up | |
74 is saved with `.BACKUP` extension). | |
75 | |
76 Linux | |
77 | |
78 third_party/catapult/tracing/bin/symbolize_trace <trace file> | |
79 | |
80 Android | |
81 | |
82 third_party/catapult/tracing/bin/symbolize_trace --output-directory out/ Release <trace file> | |
83 | |
84 (note `--output-directory` and make sure it's right for your setup) | |
Primiano Tucci (use gerrit)
2016/06/30 14:45:47
I think this note is really redundant :)
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85 | |
86 5. Load the trace file in `chrome://tracing`. Locate a purple ![M][m-purple] | |
87 dot, and continue from step *3* from the instructions above. Native stac k | |
88 traces will be shown in the _Heap Details_ pane. | |
89 | |
36 ## Heap Details | 90 ## Heap Details |
37 | 91 |
38 The heap details view contains a tree that represents the heap. The size of the | 92 The heap details view contains a tree that represents the heap. The size of the |
39 root node corresponds to the selected allocator cell. | 93 root node corresponds to the selected allocator cell. |
40 | 94 |
41 *** aside | 95 *** aside |
42 The size value in the heap details view will not match the value in the selected | 96 The size value in the heap details view will not match the value in the selected |
43 analysis view cell exactly. There are three reasons for this. First, the heap | 97 analysis view cell exactly. There are three reasons for this. First, the heap |
44 profiler reports the memory that _the program requested_, whereas the allocator | 98 profiler reports the memory that _the program requested_, whereas the allocator |
45 reports the memory that it _actually allocated_ plus its own bookkeeping | 99 reports the memory that it _actually allocated_ plus its own bookkeeping |
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105 memory allocated by PartitionAlloc alone, the total renderer memory increase was | 159 memory allocated by PartitionAlloc alone, the total renderer memory increase was |
106 around 72 MiB.) | 160 around 72 MiB.) |
107 | 161 |
108 ![Diff of The Verge before and after loading ads][diff] | 162 ![Diff of The Verge before and after loading ads][diff] |
109 | 163 |
110 [pseudo-stack]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/058e50350836f55724e100d4dbbddf4b9803f550 | 164 [pseudo-stack]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/058e50350836f55724e100d4dbbddf4b9803f550 |
111 [break-down-by-backtrace]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/ec61c5f15705f5bcf3ca83a155ed647a0538bbe1 | 165 [break-down-by-backtrace]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/ec61c5f15705f5bcf3ca83a155ed647a0538bbe1 |
112 [break-down-by-type]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/2236e61021922c0813908c6745136953fa20a37b | 166 [break-down-by-type]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/2236e61021922c0813908c6745136953fa20a37b |
113 [type-then-backtrace]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/c5367dde11476bdbf2d5a1c51674148915573d11 | 167 [type-then-backtrace]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/c5367dde11476bdbf2d5a1c51674148915573d11 |
114 [diff]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/802141906869cd533bb613da5f91bd0b071ceb24 | 168 [diff]: https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-docs.appspot. com/802141906869cd533bb613da5f91bd0b071ceb24 |
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