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| Speaker Name | Parthasarathi Susarla |
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| Organization | Sun Microsystems | |
| Type | Workout | |
| Slides | (Not yet available) | |
Profile Gnome using Dtrace |
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| Abstract | Gnome users quite frequently get to a point when they feel fail to see the Gnome perform and crumbling under its own weight. As developers a lot of us have attempted to profile Gnome (and its applications), mostly unsuccessfully. And even if we get to profiling an application, post-processing is a nightmare. Also see presentation from Federico at http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/2005-GNOME-Summit/html/index.html where he repeatedly states the need to be able to profile Gnome. In this work-out we intent to provide means to solve concrete performance problems (like those listed on the Gnome Performance page[1]) using Dtrace[2]. The work-out intends to result in a adding Dtrace probes to core gnome modules/libraries/applications such as glib/gtk. This would involve the coming together of Gnome developers and Dtrace contributors and users. The event will facilitate exchange of ideas/code between the Gnome Developers(from both Linux and Solaris) and Dtrace users. The workout will result in instrumenting Dtrace probes in Gnome. [1] - http://live.gnome.org/GnomePerformance [2] - http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/dtrace/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace |
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| Pre-requisites | Obviously you need to either be a Gnome Developer or a Solaris user/developer to benefit from and contribute to the session. Exposure to Gnome development would be very helpful. Since it involves using Dtrace, a fair amount of Dtrace knowledge is necessary to be able to help Gnome developers. | |
| Speaker Profile | Gnome and FOSS enthusiast. Contributed significantly towards Evolution. Currently with Sun Microsystems India. | |






