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+Turbolizer |
+========== |
+ |
+Turbolizer is a HTML-based tool that visualizes optimized code along the various |
+phases of Turbofan's optimization pipeline, allowing easy navigation between |
+source code, Turbofan IR graphs, scheduled IR nodes and generated assembly code. |
+ |
+Turbolizer consumes .json files that are generated per-function by d8 by passing |
+the '--trace-turbo' command-line flag. |
+ |
+Host the turbolizer locally by starting a web server that serves the contents of |
+the turbolizer directory, e.g.: |
+ |
+ cd src/tools/turbolizer |
+ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 |
+ |
+Optionally, profiling data generated by the perf tools in linux can be merged |
+with the .json files using the perf-turbo.py file included. The following |
+command is an example of using the perf script: |
+ |
+ perf script -i perf.data.jitted -s perf-turbo.py turbo-main.json |
+ |
+The output of the above command is a json object that can be piped to a file |
+which, when uploaded to turbolizer, will display the event counts from perf next |
+to each instruction in the disassembly. Further detail can be found in the |
+bottom of this document under "Using Perf with Turbo." |
+ |
+Using the python interface in perf script requires python-dev to be installed |
+and perf be recompiled with python support enabled. Once recompiled, the |
+variable PERF_EXEC_PATH must be set to the location of the recompiled perf |
+binaries. |
+ |
+Graph visualization and manipulation based on Mike Bostock's sample code for an |
+interactive tool for creating directed graphs. Original source is at |
+https://github.com/metacademy/directed-graph-creator and released under the |
+MIT/X license. |
+ |
+Icons derived from the "White Olive Collection" created by Breezi released under |
+the Creative Commons BY license. |
+ |
+Using Perf with Turbo |
+--------------------- |
+ |
+In order to generate perf data that matches exactly with the turbofan trace, you |
+must use either a debug build of v8 or a release build with the flag |
+'disassembler=on'. This flag ensures that the '--trace-turbo' will output the |
+necessary disassembly for linking with the perf profile. |
+ |
+The basic example of generating the required data is as follows: |
+ |
+ perf record -k mono /path/to/d8 --turbo --trace-turbo --perf-prof main.js |
+ perf inject -j -i perf.data -o perf.data.jitted |
+ perf script -i perf.data.jitted -s perf-turbo.py turbo-main.json |
+ |
+These commands combined will run and profile d8, merge the output into a single |
+'perf.data.jitted' file, then take the event data from that and link them to the |
+disassembly in the 'turbo-main.json'. Note that, as above, the output of the |
+script command must be piped to a file for uploading to turbolizer. |
+ |
+There are many options that can be added to the first command, for example '-e' |
+can be used to specify the counting of specific events (default: cycles), as |
+well as '--cpu' to specify which CPU to sample. |