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embodiments of a performance analysis program and a method for generating the same according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the attached drawings . fig1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processor in which a performance analysis program of the present invention is installed . the information processor 100 is exemplified by a general - purpose computer , a personal computer , a workstation and so on . the information processor 100 includes a cpu 10 and a memory 20 . the cpu 10 controls respective units of the information processor 100 and executes various programs . the memory 20 stores a compiler 30 . also , the memory 20 stores a source program 40 and a performance analysis program 50 when a performance analysis is executed . the compiler 30 is the software ( program ) basically for converting a source program ( source code ) into object code . the source program is described through a programming language by a human . the object code is a program which can be executed by the computer . in the present invention , the compiler 30 not only converts the source program 40 into object code , but also adds commands or routines to execute a performance analysis . then , the compiler 30 outputs a performance analysis program 50 . the commands or routines are added before or after the conversion . the performance analysis program 50 is the program of the object code , which can execute the performance analysis . the compiler 30 executed by the cpu 10 generates the performance analysis program 50 from the source program 40 . the compiler 30 has a procedure judging unit 31 , a measurement routine embedding unit 32 and a time measurement command embedding unit 33 . these units are intended to embed the processes ( commands or routines ) necessary for the performance analysis , when the source program 40 is compiled . incidentally , the routine implies the set of the program codes having the function for executing a particular process . also , although it is not independent as the individual program code , if several lines to several tens of lines of codes are set to carry out the particular process , that portion can be referred to as the routine . the routine is roughly classified into two elements , depending on the roles in the program . the routine , which is firstly called in starting the program , for managing the progress of the entire program , is referred to as “ a main routine ”. the routine , which is called from the other routine during the execution of the program and operated , is referred to as “ a subroutine ”. the procedure judging unit 31 judges whether or not a statement under the process is a call statement for calling the subroutine or function , in the process for compiling the source program 40 inputted to the compiler 30 , and then returns its result . incidentally , the statement implies one completed command for carrying out a process inside the program . the program is constituted by the sets of such statements . the measurement routine embedding unit 32 embeds the call statement for calling a measurement start routine , into a head of the subroutine or function under the process , in the process for compiling the source program 40 . further , the measurement routine embedding unit 32 embeds the call statement for calling a measurement end routine , into an end of the subroutine or function under the process . the time measurement command embedding unit 33 embeds a time measurement command before and after the call statement for calling the measurement start routine embedded by the measurement routine embedding unit 32 . moreover , the time measurement command embedding unit 33 embeds the time measurement command before and after the call statement for calling the measurement end routine embedded by the measurement routine embedding unit 32 . fig2 is a flowchart showing an operation of an embodiment of a method for generating a performance analysis program according to the present invention . this operation is the embedding process for the measurement routine in compiling the source program 40 . at first , the compiler 30 sets one of the statements of the source program 40 that as the first examination target of the performance analysis , in the compiling process of the source program 40 , and then starts the examination ( step s 201 ). next , the compiler 30 judges whether or not the examination of all the statements is ended . here , the all the statements are included in the source program 40 that is the examination target ( step s 202 ). based on the judgment result , if the examination of all of the statements has been ended ( step s 202 : yes ), the compiler 30 ends this process . based on the judgment result , if the examination of all the statements is not ended ( step s 202 : no ), next , the compiler 30 calls the procedure judging unit 31 . the procedure judging unit 31 judges whether or not the statement under the examination is the procedure ( the subroutine or function ) ( step s 203 ). if the procedure judging unit 31 judges that the statement is the subroutine or function , the compiler 30 uses the measurement routine embedding unit 32 and executes embedding the measurement routine ( step s 204 ). after the execution of the measurement routine embedding at the step s 204 , the compiler 30 uses the time measurement command embedding unit 33 and executes the embedding the time measurement command ( step s 205 ). finally , the compiler 30 executes a process for advancing the statement of the examination target by one ( step s 206 ). after that , the compiler 30 returns to the process for judging whether or not all the statements have been examined ( step s 202 ). fig3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the step s 203 of the procedure judgment process . in the procedure judgment process , the procedure judging unit 31 judges whether or not the statement under the process is the subroutine or function ( step s 301 ). based on the judgement result , if the statement under the process is the subroutine or function , the procedure judging unit 31 returns a value indicating a key word “ yes ” as a return value ( step s 302 ). based on the judgement result , if the statement is not the subroutine nor function , the procedure judging unit 31 returns a value indicating a key word “ no ” as the return value ( step s 303 ). fig4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the step s 204 of the measurement routine embedding process . at first , the measurement routine embedding unit 32 embeds the call statement for calling the measurement start routine , into the head of the procedure under the process ( step s 401 ). then , the measurement routine embedding unit 32 embeds the call statement for calling the measurement end routine , into the end portion of the procedure under the process ( step s 402 ). fig5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the step s 205 of the time measurement command embedding process . at first , the time measurement command embedding unit 33 embeds the time measurement command before and after the call statement for calling the measurement start routine ( step s 501 ). then , the time measurement command embedding unit 33 embeds the time measurement command before and after the call statement for calling the measurement end routine ( step s 502 ). next , the embodiment of the performance analysis program of the present invention will be described below by comparing the flowchart with that of the conventional performance analysis program . here , as an example , both of the conventional and the present invention &# 39 ; s performance analysis program are executed on the information processor 100 having the cpu 10 . in this case , cpu 10 executes the performance analysis program . however , the this execution environment is only the example for the explanation . actually , the execution environment of the performance analysis program in the present invention is not limited to on the above - mentioned information processor . at first , the conventional performance analysis program will be described below . fig6 is an example of the flowchart showing the conventional performance analysis program . in the conventional performance analysis program , if the call for the measurement routine is carried out during the execution of a original function , it proceeds to the process for the measurement routine ( step s 601 ). when the process for the measurement routine is started , the prologue process is executed based on the linkage rule ( step s 602 ). here , the prologue process is exemplified by the reservation of a stack region and the saving of data in registers . the conventional performance analysis program is the method such that the time measurement is ended after the execution of the prologue process for the measurement routine . the time obtainment command is executed , and then , the time measurement is ended ( step s 603 ). incidentally , if the measurement routine under the execution is the measurement start routine , this corresponds to the process for ending the time measurement with regard to the original functions executed between the portion immediately before the epilogue process of the last measurement end routine and the portion immediately after the prologue process of the measurement start routine . if the measurement routine under the execution is the measurement end routine , this corresponds to the process for ending the time measurement with regard to the subroutines executed between the portion immediately before the epilogue process of the last measurement start routine and the portion immediately after the prologue process of the measurement end routine . after the time measurement is ended , the process for specifying the original function , which calls the measurement routine under the execution , is executed ( step s 604 ). by specifying the function , it is possible to relate the function to the result of the performance analysis , to collect the performance data for each function and to manage the performance data through table storage . after the original function is specified , the calculation of the performance analysis and the other processes are executed ( step s 605 ). in the conventional performance analysis program , after the execution of the above - mentioned and other processes , the time measurement is started . here , this executes the time obtainment command and starts the time measurement ( step s 606 ). incidentally , if the measurement routine under the execution is the measurement start routine , this corresponds to the process for starting the time measurement with regard to the subroutines to be executed between the portion immediately before the epilogue process for the measurement start routine and the portion immediately after the prologue process of the measurement end routine . if the measurement routine under the execution is the measurement end routine , this corresponds to the process for starting the time measurement with regard to the original functions to be executed between the portion immediately before the epilogue process for the measurement end routine and the portion immediately after the prologue process of a next measurement start routine . after the start of the time measurement , the epilogue process based on the linkage rule is executed ( step s 607 ). here , the epilogue process is exemplified by the open of the stack and the recovery of the register data . when the measurement routine is ended , among the values obtained from the process for the measurement routine , the value required from the original function and the value necessary for the performance analysis process are returned as the return value ( step s 608 ). after the measurement routine is ended , the execution of the original function is resumed ( step s 609 ). incidentally , if the process for again calling the measurement routine is executed during the execution of the original function , it proceeds to the process at the step s 601 . in the conventional performance analysis program , the measurement time is measured through the above process . however , there is a problem that in the measurement routine , a cache miss and a branch prediction miss are generated which results in the fluctuation in the execution time for each execution . the cache miss implies the fact that a desirable data cannot be found out in spite of the access to a cache in which data is a transiently stored . next , the performance analysis program of the present invention will be described below . fig7 is an example of the flowchart showing the performance analysis program of the present invention . the performance analysis program of the present invention is the method such that the time measurement is ended immediately before the measurement routine is called . then , the time obtainment command is executed , and the time measurement is ended ( step s 701 ). incidentally , if the measurement routine under the execution is the measurement start routine , this corresponds to the process for ending the time measurement with regard to the original function executed between the portion immediately after the end of the last measurement end routine and the portion immediately before the start of the measurement start routine . if the measurement routine under the execution is the measurement end routine , this corresponds to the process for ending the time measurement with regard to the subroutine executed between the portion immediately after the end of the last measurement start routine and the portion immediately before the start of the measurement end routine . in the performance analysis program of the present invention , after the process for ending the time measurement , the call for the measurement routine is executed ( step s 702 ). thus , the measurement routine is called , and the process for the measurement routine is started . when the process for the measurement routine is started , the prologue process is executed based on the linkage rule ( step s 703 ). the prologue process is exemplified by the reservation of the stack region and the saving of data in the registers . the process for specifying the original function , which calls the measurement routine under the execution , is executed ( step s 704 ). by specifying the function , it is possible to relate the function to the result of the performance analysis , to collect the performance data for each function and to manage the performance data through the table storage . after the original function is specified , the calculation of the performance analysis and the other processes are executed ( step s 705 ). after the start of the time measurement , the epilogue process is executed based on the linkage rule ( step s 706 ). the epilogue process is exemplified by the open of the stack and the recovery of the register data . when the measurement routine is ended , among the values obtained from the process for the measurement routine , the value required from the original function and the value necessary for the performance analyzing process are returned as the return value ( step s 707 ). after the measurement routine is ended , the execution of the original function is resumed ( step s 708 ). in the performance analysis program of the present invention , after the resumption of the execution of the original function , the time measurement is started . here , the time obtainment command is executed , and the time measurement is started ( step s 709 ). the present invention can reduce the error in the time which exists between the time measurement command and the call for the measurement routine in the conventional process , by carrying out the partial in - line process of the time measurement in immediately before or immediately after the call statement for calling the measurement routine . fig8 is an example of the conventional performance analysis program . fig9 is an example of the performance analysis program of the present invention . in fig8 , “ call measuring_start ( )” is the call statement for calling the measurement start routine , and “ call measuring_end ( )” is the call statement for calling the measurement end routine . “ subroutine measuring_start ” is the measurement start routine . “ subroutine measuring_end ” is the measurement end routine . in the conventional performance analysis program , the time obtainment command is executed immediately after the prologue process within the routine and immediately before the epilogue process , in both of the measurement start routine and the measurement end routine . similarly to the case of fig8 , in fig9 , “ call measuring_start ( )” is also the call statement for calling the measurement start routine , “ call measuring_end ( ) ” is also the call statement for calling the measurement end routine , “ subroutine measuring_start ” is the measurement start routine , and “ subroutine measuring_end ” is the measurement end routine . in the performance analysis program of the present invention , the time obtainment command is executed before and after the call for the measurement start routine and before and after the call for the measurement end routine . in the conventional method , as shown in fig8 , the time measurement command is executed after the prologue process of the measurement routine and before the epilogue process . thus , the variation time generated at the prologue process and epilogue process cannot be accurately reflected in the measurement time . on the other hand , in the method of the present invention , as shown in fig9 , the time measurement command is inserted before and after the call statement of the measurement start routine for the performance analysis , and the time measurement command is further inserted before and after the call statement of the measurement end routine . then , by measuring the time except the time required for the prologue process and epilogue process , it is possible to attain the more precise performance analysis . the present invention , since executing the time measurement command before the call for the measurement routine , solves the problem where if the number of the calls for the measurement routine is great , the difference between the actual execution time and the measurement time becomes great , which has the severe influence on the performance analysis . also , using the present invention solves the variation time in the execution of the prologue process and the epilogue process , which cannot be conventionally analyzed , and improves so as to carry out the performance analysis more precisely . in the conventional time measuring method , the variation time included in the measurement of the execution time with regard to the subroutine or function in which the number of the call times is great becomes great , and there is the problem of a precision . however , with the application of this method , the variation time is not measured , which enables the time to be measured more precisely . that is , the time measurement command is inserted before and after a measurement start routine call statement for the performance analysis , and the time measurement command is further inserted before and after a measurement end routine call statement . thus , the more precise performance analysis becomes possible by measuring the time except the time necessary for the prologue process and epilogue process . also , according to the present invention , it can be applied to the use field for examining which of the subroutines or functions is a bottleneck in carrying out a performance tuning of a computer program . it is apparent that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment , that may be modified and changed without departing form the scope and spirit of the invention .

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