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Andy
Andy

Reputation: 13597

How to view mono MLPD files for profiling

I built MonoDevelop using these instructions. I compiled a console application with it and it's running on a Linux machine. I have noticed a memory leak and would like to track it and figure out what is being leaked.

According to these instructions, I must start the application with specific options in mono. At that point, the profilier will dump an MLPD file. I now have that file and would like to view it and see what's going on. I can not find this mprof-report program anywhere.

Has it been depricated? If so, how do we profile mono applications now? There isn't much about it online.

Thank you!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1128

Answers (1)

SushiHangover
SushiHangover

Reputation: 74184

Has it been depricated?

No, it is a part of the Mono distribution and is a C-based program so it is a "native" binary and located in the "bin" directory along with mono, mono64 pedump, monograph, monodis, etc..

On MacOS these are located in:

file `which mprof-report`
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/mprof-report: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

Man page:

NAME
       mprof-report - report generator for Mono's log profiler

SYNOPSIS
       mprof-report [option]... file.mlpd

DESCRIPTION
       mprof-report  is  the report generator for Mono's log profiler. It reads the MLPD log
       files produced by the log profiler and generates a report based on the options passed
       to  it.  The output is based on individual reports which can be turned on or off.  By
       default, all reports are generated in summary form (i.e., non-verbose output).

       mprof-report can read both normal and gzip(1)-compressed log files transparently.

       For information about how to use the log profiler with a program, see  the  mono-pro-
       filers(1) page, under the LOG PROFILER section.
        ~~~~~

Upvotes: 1

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