[dpdk-dev] Profiling tools for DPDK applications running on VM inside ESXi server

[Daniel Kan]

Thanks for the tip. Maybe it’s better to optimize code on bare metal before moving to VM. 

Dan

On Feb 28, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Selvaganapathy Chidambaram <selvaganapathyc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dan,
> 
> When we tried, perf did not work in ESX, it only works in KVM. oprofile works in timer mode in ESX. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Selvaganapathy.C.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Daniel Kan <dan at nyansa.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I’m wondering which profilers are best for profiling DPDK applications running on VM: perf, oprofile, vtune? The first 2 are open sourced while vtune is commercial. DPDK apps are running on ubuntu 12.04 and centos 6.5. Thanks.
> 
> Dan
>