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The limitations of sampling profilers
Perf is probably the most widely used general purpose performance debugging tool on Linux. There are multiple contenders for the #2 spot, and, like perf, they're sampling profilers. Sampling profilers are great. They tend to be easy-to-use and low-overhead compared to most alternatives. However, there are large…
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Systems & PerformanceSoftware Engineering2016
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jan 27, 2016 | The limitations of sampling profilers by skybrian | 104 | 15 |
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