Lukas Berk

Performance Co-Pilot is a highly adaptable and established toolkit for those interested in examining the details of system performance. Similarly, Systemtap is a powerful tool for digging deep into the innards of a program. This presentation will go over the basics of the tools, recent developments, and examples.

Performance Co-Pilot is a highly adaptable and established toolkit for those interested in examining the details of system performance. When used in tandem with Systemtap, an introspection tool, both developers and system administrators are able to progress from a high level view of the current performance, to detailed information about a specific subsystem or program. This presentation will go over the basics of the tools, recent developments, and examples.

Software development rarely has "spare" time, which often forces developers to stick to the tools they already know. Having any sort of learning curve can be a barrier to entry for debugging and performance tools, even when the payoffs are worth the time invested learning new tools. The Linux Tools Project aims to improve the state of C/C++ development on the Eclipse IDE by integrating popular tools, such as Valgrind. This integration allows developers to maintain an environment they're familiar with, yet leverage new development tools.

This talk is aimed at people of varying experience with the Valgrind tool who have never used it within the Eclipse IDE.

An overview of the Eclipse Valgrind plugin provided by the Linux Tools Project will be given. Topics discussed will include :

Quick overview of the Linux Tools Project Introduction to the Eclipse Valgrind plugin Demonstration of * Memcheck * Massif * Helgrind * Cachegrind * Eclipse Platform specific integrations (Error markers, Problems View) * Simple Auto-correction for common Memcheck/Helgrind problems * Support for execution on remote targets

Possible improvements to Valgrind tool

Challenges faced regarding Valgrind tool