Preface

This Performance Analyzer manual describes the performance analysis tools in the Oracle Solaris Studio software. The Collector and Performance Analyzer are a pair of tools that collect a wide range of performance data and relate the data to program structure at the function, source line, and instruction level. The performance data collected include statistical clock profiling, hardware counter profiling, and tracing of various calls.

Supported Platforms

This Oracle Solaris Studio release supports platforms that use the SPARC family of processor architectures running the Oracle Solaris operating system, as well as platforms that use the x86 family of processor architectures running Oracle Solaris or specific Linux systems.

This document uses the following terms to cite differences between x86 platforms:

“x86” refers to the larger family of 64-bit and 32-bit x86 compatible products.
“x64” points out specific 64-bit x86 compatible CPUs.
“32-bit x86” points out specific 32-bit information about x86 based systems.

Information specific to Linux systems refers only to supported Linux x86 platforms, while information specific to Oracle Solaris systems refers only to supported Oracle Solaris platforms on SPARC and x86 systems.

For a complete list of supported hardware platforms and operating system releases, see the Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3 Release Notes.

Oracle Solaris Studio Documentation

You can find complete documentation for Oracle Solaris Studio software as follows:

Product documentation is located at the Oracle Solaris Studio documentation web site, including release notes, reference manuals, user guides, and tutorials.
Online help for the Code Analyzer, the Performance Analyzer, the Thread Analyzer, dbxtool, DLight, and the IDE is available through the Help menu, as well as through the F1 key and Help buttons on many windows and dialog boxes, in these tools.
Man pages for command-line tools describe a tool's command options.

Resources for Developers

Visit the Oracle Technical Network web site to find these resources for developers using Oracle Solaris Studio:

Articles on programming techniques and best practices
Links to complete documentation for recent releases of the software
Information on support levels
User discussion forums.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Description	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell	`$`
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser	`#`
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell for superuser	`machine_name#`

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