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    12 <concept id="GUID-7FB63DAA-FBFD-4485-919F-5FEFBBC53B97" xml:lang="en"><title>SMP Tools Overview</title><shortdesc>Describes the tools that are available for debugging on

    13 an SMP platform.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

    14 <section id="GUID-E46EE0B4-87B8-4934-89CB-733E161CED1F"><title>Open

    15 System Trace (OST)</title><p>This tool is used to monitor the path

    16 of thread execution. It does this by logging of messages and variable

    17 values to a log file for later analysis.</p><p>For more information,

    18 see <xref href="GUID-1929856D-5C74-55F2-8B61-48F891A3B3BB.dita">Trace</xref> and Carbide Tools &gt; Trace in Carbide Help.</p></section>

    19 <section id="GUID-5D3FB1F4-4190-4395-9252-130C5D4F6029"><title>Performance

    20 Investigator</title><p>This tool is used to monitor the performance.

    21 It is very useful for detecting performance bottlenecks. It comes

    22 in the form of a Carbide plugin.</p><p>For more information, see<xref href="GUID-E714801A-B7A3-4240-805C-35CD202963AC.dita">How to use PI Profiler

    23 with PlatSim</xref>, the <xref href="http://s60wiki.nokia.com/S60Wiki/PIProfiler.dita">PI wiki</xref> and

    24 Performance Investigator User Guide in Carbide Help.</p></section>

    25 <section id="GUID-16455E57-AA10-48DA-A979-BEB4C856FC9D"><title>MemSpy</title><p>This tool is used to monitor memory usage. It is especially useful

    26 for detecting memory leaks.</p><p>However, the output from the present

    27 version of the Memory Analysis tool does not hold information about

    28 which CPU is accessing the memory.</p><p>For more information, see<xref href="GUID-958D9E07-D5B8-49A1-BAE2-D7421E09F566.dita">MemSpy</xref>, the <xref href="http://s60wiki.nokia.com/S60Wiki/Memspy.dita">MemSpy wiki</xref>,

    29 and Carbide Tools &gt; MemSpy in Carbide Help.</p></section>

    30 <section id="GUID-9174410A-CA3A-4B64-A603-FA94F7336FC8"><title>Standard

    31 Test Framework (STIF)</title><p>This is the standard test framework

    32 for executing large number of repetitive tests. The framework comes

    33 in the form of test scripts. This tool is used extensively for regression

    34 testing.</p><p>For more information, see the <xref href="http://s60wiki.nokia.com/S60Wiki/STIF.dita">STIF wiki</xref> and

    35 Carbide Tools &gt; STIF in Carbide Help.</p><note><p>This tool is for

    36 internal use only.</p></note></section>

    37 <section id="GUID-68F190E7-4E10-4DEF-8660-D93ED5B79477"><title>Crazy

    38 Scheduler</title><p>This tool is used to test if code will work in

    39 an environment where there is no thread priority. It can also be used

    40 to test the effect of a delay when a thread moves from one state to

    41 another.</p><p>For more information, see <xref href="GUID-3D5974E9-0F6C-4BBE-AD41-C405DC286C09.dita">SMP Crazy Scheduler</xref>.</p><note><p> When executing in crazy delay mode, this tool can

    42 slow the system down.</p></note></section>

    43 <section id="GUID-6BC1C33D-9349-46C4-977E-B2E2EE5A75F6"><title>Load

    44 Generator</title><p>This tool is used to simulate the effect of heavy

    45 processing on the platform.</p><p>For more information, see <xref href="GUID-70C7DC8B-9E52-406C-B990-B19CEC362E5A.dita">Load Generator</xref> and the <xref href="http://s60wiki.nokia.com/S60Wiki/Load_Generator.dita">Load Generator wiki</xref>.</p><note><p>This tool is for internal

    46 use only.</p></note></section>

    47 <section id="GUID-D6B1F2FE-2032-4748-8D52-DA6E367EBA4C"><title>External

    48 tools</title><p>In addition to the above tools, both Lauterbach and

    49 ARM produce hardware debugging tools that can be used on an SMP platform.</p></section>

    50 </conbody></concept>