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The Basics of Programming Embedded Processors: Part 7

The Basics of Programming Embedded Processors: Part 7

A program trace (or more succinctly, a trace) is a record of the execution path of a program that has been measured during program execution. If we can measure a trace from a running program, we avoid the need to analyze the program's CDFG to determine the execution path. Traces are typically large. Since we usually need to look at the entire execution history of a program, traces can be gigabytes in size. However, because disks to hold the traces are inexpensive and workstations to analyze them are fast and cheap, traces are an appealing way to analyze programs. We have to consider two problems: how to generate a trace and how to use it to determine program performance.
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Date Added to MERLOT:
July 18, 2016
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July 18, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
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