The AIX tprof utility is a valuable tool for optimization which provides features to identify performance bottlenecks within programs and to aid in analysis of performance-critical code. The IBM XL C/C++ Compiler provides features to aid in the use of tprof for performance analysis of programs. This document provides a brief introduction to select features of the tprof utility, with focus on features which interact with XL compiler listing files to allow performance analysis at the source-line or instruction level.   In its most simple usage,... [More]

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