cargo-flamegraph

A simple cargo plugin that generates a flamegraph for a workload.

Currently only linux is supported via perf, but this is going to change as inferno gains support for others.

Installation

cargo install flamegraph

This will make the cargo-flamegraph binary available in your cargo binary directory. On linux systems this is usually something like ~/.cargo/bin.

Examples

```

defaults to profiling cargo run, which will

also profile the cargo compilation process

unless you've previously issued cargo build

cargo flamegraph

if you'd like to profile your release build:

cargo flamegraph --release

if you'd like to profile a specific binary:

cargo flamegraph --bin=stress2

if you'd like to profile an arbitrary executable:

cargo flamegraph --exec="sleep 10" ```

Usage

``` USAGE: cargo flamegraph [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

FLAGS: -h, --help Prints help information -r, --release Activate release mode -V, --version Prints version information

OPTIONS: -b, --bin Binary to run -e, --exec Other command to run -f, --features Build features to enable -o, --output

Output file, flamegraph.svg if not present ```

Enabling perf for use by unpriviledged users

To enable perf without running as root, you may lower the perf_event_paranoid value in proc to an appropriate level for your environment. The most permissive value is -1 but may not be acceptable for your security needs etc...

bash echo -1 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid