Integration of structured profiling data with source data in the eclipse development environment

• US 8,776,016 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2009
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Sebastian, Kent K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mamo, Elias
• Application Number:
  US12/608,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20110107298A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,713 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/113
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method including receiving an output file from a profiling utility by an integrated development environment component. The output file is used to generate an interactive presentation of data by a computer system to visually organize profiling data automatically. Corresponding source code is displayed in response to a user selection of a data point of the interactive presentation within the integrated development environment.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

transmitting by a computer system, via an integrated development environment (IDE) executed by the computer system, a binary file to a profiling utility external to the IDE;

receiving by the computer system, within the IDE an output file that is generated by the profiling utility processing the binary file;

organizing by the computer system, the output file into a set of events, wherein each of the set of events is associated with a respective portion of source code of a program and a respective profiling metric value;

generating by the computer system, within the IDE, an interactive graphical component that presents a plurality of profiling data points from the output file, the profiling data points corresponding to performance data generated by the profiling utility in view of the execution of the program;

receiving by the computer system, within the IDE, a user selection of one of the plurality of profiling data points; and

displaying by the computer system, within the IDE, the source code of the program that corresponds to the selected profiling data point.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving by the computer system, from a user, an identification of the binary file and an identification of the profiling utility; and

sending the binary file to the profiling utility.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the output file is received via a plug-in of the IDE.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the profiling utility is Oprofile™

.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrated development environment is Eclipse™

.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of profiling data points are presented hierarchically by the interactive graphical component.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each line of code of the respective portion of source code has a respective profiling metric value.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a set of instructions stored therein, which when executed, cause a computer system to perform a set of operations, comprising:

transmitting by the computer system, via an integrated development environment (IDE) executed by the computer system, a binary file to a profiling utility external to the IDE;

receiving by the computer system, within the IDE an output file that is generated by the profiling utility processing the binary file;

organizing by the computer system, the output file into a set of events, wherein each of the set of events is associated with a respective portion of source code of a program and a respective profiling metric value;

generating by the computer system, within the IDE, an interactive graphical component that presents a plurality of profiling data points from the output file, the profiling data points corresponding to performance data generated by the profiling utility in view of the execution of the program;

receiving by the computer system, within the IDE, a user selection of one of the plurality of profiling data points; and

displaying by the computer system, within the IDE, the source code of the program that corresponds to the selected profiling data point.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the set of operations further comprises:

receiving by the computer system, from a user, an identification of the binary file and an identification of the profiling utility; and

sending the binary file to the profiling utility.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the output file is received via a plug-in of the IDE.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the profiling utility is Oprofile™

.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the integrated development environment is Eclipse™

.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the plurality of profiling data points are presented hierarchically by the interactive graphical component.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein each line of code of the respective portion of source code has a respective profiling metric value.

15. A system comprising:

a memory to store source code; and

a processor coupled to the memory to;

execute an integrated development environment (IDE);

transmit, via the IDE, a binary file to a profiling utility external to the IDE;

organize, via the IDE, the output file into a set of events, wherein each of the set of events is associated with a respective portion of source code of a program and a respective profiling metric value;

receive, via the IDE, a profiling metric from the profiling utility processing the binary file, the profiling metric corresponding to performance data generated by the profiling utility in view of executing the program;

generate an interactive visual representation of correlations between the source code and the profiling metric;

receive, within the IDE, a user selection of one of a plurality of profiling data points associated with the profiling metric; and

display, within the IDE, a portion of the source code corresponding to the selected profiling data points.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the profiling utility is Oprofile™

.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the integrated development environment is Eclipse™

.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor further:

generates a tree model by parsing output from the profiling utility to create a hierarchy of events, functions, and lines of code.