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$stackcollapse-perf.pl out.perf >out.folded
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+### Visualize using pprof
+pprof is a tool for visualization and analysis of profiling data. It can
+be got from https://github.com/google/pprof. pprof_proto_generator.py can
+generate profiling data in a format acceptable by pprof.
+
+ $python pprof_proto_generator.py
+ $pprof -pdf pprof.profile
+
### Annotate source code
annotate.py reads perf.data and binaries in binary_cache. Then it knows which
source file:line each sample hits. So it can annotate source code. annotate.py