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ds-5 call graph question

Dinar

Hi everyone!

I am using arm ds-5 professional under evaluation license, and I am trying to collect call-graph info from my test application under arm via streamline, but faced with issue.

Collected call graph is flat, there is no hierarchy

Screenshot from 2014-10-27 16:13:42.png

But it should be something like this: main -> f1 -> f2

I have used all necessary options that mentions in manual: -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-inline and checked "Call stack unwinding"

I ran this code on remote arm machine under Ubuntu 14.04 build according to this manual https://git.linaro.org/arm/ds5/gator.git/blob/HEAD:/README_Streamline.txt

I' ve used this config options for stream line:

Screenshot from 2014-10-27 16:13:53.png

Could some one please explain me what i am doing wrong?

I have attached src and build.sh.

Thanks in advance

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    Hi dinar,

    A flat or incomplete call path can occur for several reasons (several which you have already verified, but I will repeat for completeness):

    • Call Stack Unwinding is not enabled in the Streamline Capture & Analysis Options.
    • The image selected in Streamline is not derived from the same image that was run on the target.
    • The application is not compiled with frame-pointers. For GCC, use CFLAGS '-fno-omit-frame-pointer' option.
    • The application is compiled for Thumb mode. Only ARM mode may be call stack profiled due to compiler limitations, so do not use in parallel with '-mthumb'.
    • Old versions of gator do not work with AArch64 or with images compiled with LLVM/Clang, so ensure you are using gator v14 or later.
    • If you are profiling with library symbols, you may not have access to a correctly compiled library, which will result in many orphaned nodes.
    • Hand-written assembly is encountered in the call path which doesn't properly account for frames.
    • The compilation was not a clean build, i.e. some .o files are compiled with frame pointers, some without frame pointers.

    The most likely cause is that the image is compiled for Thumb mode. To ensure the image is not compiled for Thumb mode, add the -marm option, as the compiler may be configured with --with-mode=thumb, thus making Thumb mode default.

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    Hi dinar,

    A flat or incomplete call path can occur for several reasons (several which you have already verified, but I will repeat for completeness):

    • Call Stack Unwinding is not enabled in the Streamline Capture & Analysis Options.
    • The image selected in Streamline is not derived from the same image that was run on the target.
    • The application is not compiled with frame-pointers. For GCC, use CFLAGS '-fno-omit-frame-pointer' option.
    • The application is compiled for Thumb mode. Only ARM mode may be call stack profiled due to compiler limitations, so do not use in parallel with '-mthumb'.
    • Old versions of gator do not work with AArch64 or with images compiled with LLVM/Clang, so ensure you are using gator v14 or later.
    • If you are profiling with library symbols, you may not have access to a correctly compiled library, which will result in many orphaned nodes.
    • Hand-written assembly is encountered in the call path which doesn't properly account for frames.
    • The compilation was not a clean build, i.e. some .o files are compiled with frame pointers, some without frame pointers.

    The most likely cause is that the image is compiled for Thumb mode. To ensure the image is not compiled for Thumb mode, add the -marm option, as the compiler may be configured with --with-mode=thumb, thus making Thumb mode default.

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