Development Environment Software
Compilers and Preprocessors
C/C++ and Fortran from Intel, PGI, GNU, IBM, and LLVM for LC's Linux clusters, BG/Q systems, and CORAL early access systems. Multiple versions of most compilers are installed. See the Compilers Installed on LC Platforms page for details.
Debugging
Ranging from simple, serial command line debuggers to full featured GUI-based debuggers for parallel codes.
Software: DDT, Intel Inspector, memcheck (Valgrind), STAT, TotalView, Archer, ReMPI, NINJA
Memory
For detecting, profiling and debugging a range of memory related issues, such as memory leaks, corruption, errors, heap usage, etc. Several tools are available, which vary in functionality.
Software: Intel Inspector, memcheck (Valgrind), memP, TotalView
Profiling
There are several tools, varying in complexity and features, that provide a wide range of profiling functionality, such as HPM or hardware counter data, Wall-clock time, Time based on PC-sampling (PCS), MPI data, OpenMP data, Pthread data, I/O data, Floating point exception (FPE) data, and more.
Software: gprof, HPCToolkit, Intel Advisor, Intel Profile, Intel VTune Amplifier, memP, mpiP, Open|Speedshop, PAPI, PapiEx, TAU
Tracing
When the specific order of events is of interest, tracing can provide a view of application events, including MPI communication, OpenMP parallel regions, application function calls, and HPM data. Several tools are available, most of which are part of a full featured performance analysis toolkit.
Software: HPCToolkit, Intel Advisor, Intel VTune Amplifier, Open|Speedshop, TAU, Vampir/VampireServer, Vampitrace, Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector
Performance Analysis
These tools typically provide more than simple profiling and tracing capabilities. They can include functionality such as multiple methods of data visualization, the calculation of derived metrics, integration of performance data with a database, network performance modeling, etc.
Software: HPCToolkit, Intel VTune Amplifier, Open|Speedshop, TAU, Vampir/VampireServer, Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector
Other
Several tools and APIs are available for the following purposes:
- Correctness - to help developers identify issues relating to the appropriate use of MPI or OpenMP.
- Tool Development Infrastructure - libraries that provide APIs to tool developers.
- Utilities - locally developed
Software: Archer, Intel Static Security Analysis, MUST, NINJA, ReMPI
Table of Available Tools
In the table below, locations in /usr/local/tools refer to CHAOS 5 or BG/Q systems, while locations in /usr/tce/packages refer to TOSS 3 and CORAL EA systems. Dotkits are the environment managing utility on CHAOS 5 and BG/Q systems, while modules are the environment managing utility for TOSS 3 and CORAL EA systems. Software that is listed in /usr/global or /collab/usr/global may be for any platform type and will typically have a sub directory for a platform's $SYS_TYPE environment variable.
| Tool Name | Platforms | Location | Dotkit/Module Package | Brief Description / Notes |
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| Archer | CORAL EA, Linux | /collab/usr/global/tools/pruners/$SYS_TYPE | n/a | OpenMP race detection. |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/global/tools/ddt |
ddt |
Full featured graphical, parallel debugger |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/bin/gprof |
n/a |
Standard unix/linux profiling utility. |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/global/tools/hpctoolkit /usr/tce/packages/hpctoolkit |
multiple - to view: |
Integrated suite of tools for parallel program performance analysis. |
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Linux |
/usr/local/tools/advisor* /usr/tce/packages/advisor |
multiple - to view: |
Performance analysis tool for threaded codes (no-MPI). |
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Linux |
/usr/local/tools/inspector* /usr/tce/packages/inspector |
multiple - to view: |
Thread correctness tool with memory debugging features included. |
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Linux |
Included with Intel compilers |
n/a |
Compiler based loop and function performance profiler. |
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Linux |
Included with Intel compilers |
n/a |
Identifies coding errors that pose security risks. This has been deprecated. |
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| Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector | Linux |
/usr/local/tools/itac* /usr/tce/packages/itac |
multiple - to view: "module avail itac" |
Understand MPI application behavior and quickly find bottlenecks. |
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Linux |
/usr/local/tools/vtune* /usr/tce/packages/vtune
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multiple - to view: |
Full featured parallel performance analysis tool. |
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memcheck (Valgrind) |
BGQ,Linux |
/usr/local/bin/memcheck* /usr/tce/packages/memcheckview
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multiple - to view: |
Memory errors debugging tool. |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/local/tools/memp* |
multiple - to view: |
Lightweight memory profiling tool. |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/local/tools/mpip* /usr/tce/packages/mpip
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multiple - to view: |
Lightweight MPI profiling tool. |
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| Linux |
/usr/tce/packages/must |
multiple - to view: |
MPI runtime error detection tool. |
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| NINJA | BGQ,CORAL EA,Linux | /collab/usr/global/tools/pruners/$SYS_TYPE | n/a | Noise injection for exposing MPI message races. |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/global/tools/openspeedshop |
multiple - to view: |
Full featured parallel program performance analysis tool set. |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/local/tools/papi |
multiple - to view: |
A standardized and portable API for accessing performance counter hardware. |
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Linux |
/usr/local/tools/papiex /usr/tce/packages/papi |
multiple - to view: |
A PAPI-based performance profiler |
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| ReMPI | BGQ,CORAL EA,Linux | /collab/usr/global/tools/pruners/$SYS_TYPE | n/a | MPI record and replay |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/local/tools/stat /usr/tce/packages/stat |
multiple - to view: |
Lightweight stack trace based parallel debugger. |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/global/tools/tau* |
tau |
Full featured parallel program performance analyses toolkit. |
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BGQ,Linux |
/usr/global/tools/totalview/ |
multiple - to view: |
Full featured graphical, parallel debugger. |
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Linux |
/collab/usr/global/tools/vampir /usr/tce/packages/vampir
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multiple - to view: |
Full featured trace visualizer for parallel program OTF trace files. |
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BGQ,Linux |
/collab/usr/global/tools/vampirtrace |
multiple - to view: |
Library for generating trace files for parallel programs. |