JP2001154889A - Device and method for displaying graph of program performance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem such that an operator who evaluates a program performance has to perform a predetermined data processing operation so as to evaluate a software component using this extracted parameter. SOLUTION: The performance of program modules 441-44n is evaluated by using an existing module evaluating tool 45 by a program module performance evaluating program 46, collected data 45a collected by the module evaluating tool 45 are obtained, the independent analysis is executed, and the analyzed result is automatically displayed so that the labor of the evaluating work can be reduced. Also, the relationship between feature values and measurement intervals valid for the evaluation of the program module is displayed by a graph of a three-dimensional coordinate system shown in Fig 6 so that the contents of evaluation can be immediately grasped and the efficiency of the analyzing work can be realized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program performance graph display device and a program performance graph display method, and more particularly, to a measurement performance collected by an existing tool for collecting performance measurement data of a program module operated by a computer system. The present invention relates to a program performance graph display device and a program performance graph display method for displaying data in a predetermined graph display while analyzing data based on a predetermined method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an apparatus for evaluating program performance, an apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 10-510385 is known. The technology disclosed in this publication relates to a software tool that supports system engineering at the current state of the art for large-scale software systems. As such, software tools generate measurement data for each uniquely recognizable software component based on observations of a number of characteristics of a given software system, including past and future planned system adjustments. collect.

At this time, measurement data is collected first, and similarly, past data of each software component is collected. The measured data for the failure is then statistically mapped to the measured characteristics of the software to establish a risk index. Here, the characteristics of the software determine the performance of the software, or alternatively, how many tests need to be performed on each component in order to use software risk indexes to rank software components and conserve resources. Is determined.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional apparatus for evaluating computer performance, when evaluating the performance of a software component, extraction of parameters for evaluating the performance is executed. Therefore,
It does not disclose a method for efficiently evaluating the performance of a software component by using the extracted parameters. That is, since the technology for extracting the parameter for evaluating the performance is disclosed, the operator for evaluating the performance can perform predetermined data processing so that the software component can be evaluated using the extracted parameter. Since the work must be performed, the work is complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has an object to perform software component evaluation more efficiently and efficiently by automatically displaying extracted parameters in a predetermined manner in a graph. It is an object of the present invention to provide a program performance graph display device and a program performance graph display method capable of performing the program.

Incidentally, JP-A-1-93826, 4-1.
Techniques for evaluating the performance of software are also proposed in Japanese Patent Nos. 53742 and 6-259245. However, these are also described in the above-mentioned Japanese Translation of PCT International Publication No. 10-5103.
As in No. 85, the emphasis is placed on the method of extracting parameters for performance evaluation. As in the present invention, from the viewpoint of how to use the extracted parameters to efficiently evaluate the performance of the system module. There is no technical pursuit.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a predetermined tool for collecting measurement data of the performance of a program module operated by a computer system. A program performance graph display device for performing a predetermined graph display using the measured data, wherein the measurement point instruction means for instructing the tool on a measurement point of a program module; and the tool based on the measurement point. Measurement data acquisition means for acquiring the measurement data collected by the measurement data analysis means for analyzing the measurement data acquired by the measurement data acquisition means; and a program module based on the measurement data analyzed by the measurement data analysis means. The predetermined feature quantity indicating the performance of By appropriately using the characteristic amount calculating means to be output and the characteristic amount calculated by the characteristic amount calculating means, a graph display of a three-dimensional coordinate system capable of visually grasping a relative relationship between the characteristic amounts is executed. And a feature graph display means.

In the invention according to claim 1 configured as described above, a predetermined tool for collecting measurement data of performance of a program module operated by a computer system is provided, and the measurement data collected by the existing tool is provided. Provided is a program performance graph display device capable of more efficiently evaluating the performance of a program module and realizing a graph display capable of confirming the evaluation more effectively. In order to realize such a graph display, the measurement point designating means first designates a measurement point of a program module to a tool. Then, the measurement data acquired by the tool is acquired by the measurement data acquisition means based on the measurement points.

When the measurement data is obtained as described above, the measurement data is analyzed by the measurement data analysis means based on a predetermined method. Further, the characteristic amount calculating means calculates a predetermined characteristic amount indicating the performance of the program module based on the analyzed measurement data. Then, the feature amount graph display unit generates a three-dimensional coordinate system graph capable of visually grasping the relative relationship of each feature amount by appropriately using the feature amount calculated by the feature amount calculation unit, A graph is displayed on a predetermined display target. The display target to be displayed by the feature display means may be a display connected to a computer or a printer. That is, it is only necessary that the user of this computer system can confirm the measurement data in the generated graph display.

Normally, the performance of a program module is performed in units of the program module. However, when the size of the program module is increased, it is preferable that a plurality of measurement points can be set inside the program module. Therefore, according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the program performance graph display device according to the first aspect, the measurement point designating means can set a plurality of measurement points in a program module, and the tool includes The measurement data is measured in a predetermined measurement section where a path is formed by the measurement points.

In the invention according to claim 2 configured as described above, a plurality of measurement points are set in the program module by the measurement point designating means. Then, the measurement point is designated as a tool, and the tool that has received the designation measures the measurement data in a predetermined measurement section where a path is formed by the measurement point.

As a specific example of the analysis performed by the measurement data analysis means, the invention according to claim 3 is the program performance graph display device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the measurement data analysis means Based on the measurement data measured by the tool, the number of times of passage in a measurement section forming a route is analyzed.

[0013] In the invention according to claim 3 configured as described above, the number of times of passage in a measurement section forming a path divided by measurement points is analyzed based on the measurement data measured by the tool by the measurement data analysis means. .
Thus, for example, when a measurement section is set for each branch point of a program, it is possible to easily grasp how the branch processing is executed within the program module.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the program performance graph display device according to any one of the first to third aspects, as a specific mode of the feature amount calculated by the feature amount calculating means, The calculation means is configured to calculate the average CPU usage time based on the results obtained and analyzed by the measurement data obtaining means and the measurement data analyzing means.

[0015] In the invention according to claim 4 configured as described above, the characteristic amount calculating means calculates the average CPU usage time based on the results obtained and analyzed by the measurement data obtaining means and the measurement data analyzing means. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the program performance graph display device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, as a specific mode of the feature amount displayed by the feature amount display means, The display means is configured to set the average CPU time, the number of passages in the measurement section, and the corresponding measurement section on each coordinate axis, and execute a graph display in a three-dimensional coordinate system.

In the invention according to claim 5 configured as described above, the characteristic amount graph display means sets the average CPU time, the number of passes of the measurement section, and the corresponding measurement section on each coordinate axis, Executes the coordinate system graph display.
Thereby, the user of the computer system can efficiently and easily grasp the performance of the program module.

As described above, the method of providing the predetermined tool for collecting the measurement data of the performance of the program module operated by the computer system, collecting the measurement data based on the predetermined method, and displaying the predetermined graph is not necessarily a substantial method. It is easy to understand that the present invention is not limited to a device having a function, and also functions as a method.

For this reason, the invention according to claim 6 includes a predetermined tool for collecting measurement data of performance of a program module operated by a computer system,
A program performance graph display method for displaying a predetermined graph using predetermined measurement data collected by the tool, comprising: a measurement point specifying step of specifying a measurement point of a program module to the tool; A measurement data acquisition step of acquiring measurement data collected by the tool based on the points, a measurement data analysis step of analyzing the measurement data acquired by the measurement data acquisition step, and a measurement data analyzed by the measurement data analysis step. Based on the characteristic amount calculation step of calculating a predetermined characteristic amount indicating the performance of the program module based on the characteristic amount, and the characteristic amount calculated in the characteristic amount calculation step, the relative relationship of each characteristic amount is visually determined. A feature graph display process for displaying a graspable three-dimensional coordinate system graph It is constituted comprising a. In other words, there is no difference in that the present invention is not necessarily limited to a substantial device and is also effective as a method.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a computer 10 to which a program performance graph display device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, a computer 10 includes a CPU 11 which is a center of arithmetic processing, and a secondary cache 13, a data bus unit 14, and a system controller 15 are connected to the CPU 11 via a CPU bus 12.

In recent computers, the clock speed of the CPU bus 12 is increased in order to improve the processing efficiency, and the slow memory 16 is accessed by the CPU 11 via the data bus unit 14 and the system controller 15. ing. Note that this memory 1
6 with ROM 16a such as bios area
M16b is also included.

Similarly, interfaces cannot be directly connected to the fast CPU bus 12, and the data bus unit 14 and the system controller 15 provide a PCI bus 17 which is a general-purpose high-speed bus. This PCI
The bus 17 is connected to a common interface 18 for connecting a floppy disk, as well as communication interfaces such as a PS / 2 port, a parallel port, and a serial port (not shown) which the computer 10 itself has directly. In addition, a bus master 19 for connecting a hard disk or a CD-ROM, which requires high speed, to perform DMA transfer is also connected. PCI bus 17
Can connect PCI device 21 directly,
An ISA bus 23 which is an old general-purpose bus having a small data width is provided via an A-bridge 22, and an ISA device 24 can be connected via the ISA bus 23.

The computer 10 includes a CD-ROM, a floppy disk drive, a hard disk drive, and the like (not shown) as the auxiliary storage device 25. An information recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a floppy disk is inserted into the CD-ROM drive or the floppy disk drive, and programs and data stored in the information recording medium are installed in the hard disk drive. . Therefore, when the function capable of realizing the program performance graph display device according to the present invention is configured by a program, it is installed in the computer 10 via the auxiliary storage device 25.

The above is the schematic configuration of the hardware of the computer 10. On the premise of such hardware, on the computer 10, various software programs are stored in the hard disk drive in the manner shown in FIG. That is, the BIOS 42 is executed on the basis of the hardware 41 that realizes the various functions described above, and the operating system 43 and the application 44 are executed on the upper layer. Basically, the operating system 43 accesses the hardware 41 via the BIOS 42 or directly, and the application 44 communicates with the hardware 41 via the operating system 43.
And exchange data with others. For example, to read data from a hard disk, the user accesses the hardware 41 via the operating system 43.

In addition, various drivers for controlling the hardware 41 can be incorporated in the operating system 43, and the incorporated drivers execute various controls as a part of the operating system 43. I do. As the driver, a display driver 43a for controlling display on an external display via a video card, a printer driver 43b for controlling printing to a printer, and the like are incorporated.

In the above configuration, the application 4
4 includes a plurality of program modules 441 to 44n, and can execute a predetermined operation. When the program modules 441 to 44n are executed, the CPU 41, the memory 16, and the like are sequentially used as the hardware 41. In the present embodiment, when the program modules 441 to 44n are executed, the CP
By measuring the usage time of U11 and the like, the performance of each program module is evaluated, and the evaluation result is displayed on the above-described display or printed on a printer. In displaying or printing, a predetermined characteristic amount is calculated from the measured data to be evaluated, and the evaluation result is expressed in a three-dimensional coordinate system using the characteristic amount.

As shown in FIG. 3, an existing module evaluation tool 45 capable of measuring the usage time of the CPU 11 when the program modules 441 to 44n are executed is stored in the hard disk. A program module performance evaluation program 46 capable of realizing the program module performance evaluation device according to the present invention is stored. Then, when predetermined collection data 45a is generated by the module evaluation tool 45, the program module performance evaluation program 46 acquires the collection data 45a and executes predetermined processing. In order to execute such a predetermined process, the program module performance evaluation program 46 includes a measurement point instruction module 46a, a measurement data acquisition module 46b, a measurement data analysis module 46c, a feature amount calculation module 46d, and a feature amount And a graph display module 46e. Each of the modules 46a to 46e constitutes each unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a specific configuration of the collected data 45a generated by the module evaluation tool 45. In the present embodiment, a predetermined processing operation executed by the program module performance evaluation program 46 based on the collected data 45a generated in such a form will be described below.

FIG. 5 shows a measuring point indicating module 46.
a, and sets a measurement point to be measured by the module evaluation tool 45 for any of the program modules 441 to 44n.
~ 44n. In the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, four measurement points 1 to 4 are set as measurement points.

Then, a path of the measurement point 1-2, the measurement point 2-3, the measurement point 1-3, the measurement point 3-4, and the measurement point 3-1 is formed. For each such route, FIG.
Is collected by the module evaluation tool 45 and stored in a predetermined storage area of the hard disk. Next, the measurement data acquisition module 46
b reads the collected data 45a from the hard disk. As a result, the program module performance evaluation module 46 acquires the collected data 45a. And
The measurement data analysis module 46c has a CPU for each path.
The usage time, the elapsed time after execution, and the number of times of route passage are totaled.

The result of the aggregation is calculated by the feature amount calculating module 46.
The feature amount calculation module 46d calculates the average CPU usage time for each route by using the total CPU usage time for each route and the number of times of passing the route. As described above, when the feature amount is calculated, the feature amount graph display module 46e uses the program module 4
The feature amounts (total CPU use time, average CPU use time, and the number of times of route passage) important for the evaluation of 41 to 44n are calculated by using a three-dimensional coordinate system in which each feature amount shown in FIG. The relationship between the feature amounts for each is displayed as a graph and displayed on a display.

Here, FIG. 6A shows the total CP between the measurement points.
U usage time is displayed, and FIG. 6B shows an average CP between measurement points.
The U usage time is displayed, and FIG. 6C represents the number of passes between the measurement points. FIG. 6D illustrates the performance of the program modules 441 to 44n with the measurement section, the average CPU time, and the number of passes set on the respective coordinate axes.

As described above, the program module performance evaluation program 46 utilizes the existing module evaluation tool 45 to execute the program modules 441 to 44n.
Evaluate the performance of Then, the collected data 45a collected by the module evaluation tool 45 is obtained,
By performing an original analysis and automatically displaying the results of this analysis, the burden of evaluation work is reduced,
By displaying the relationship between the feature amount effective for the evaluation of the program module and the measurement section in a three-dimensional coordinate system graphical display shown in FIG. 6, the evaluation contents can be grasped instantaneously, and the analysis work can be made more efficient. It can be realized.

[0034]

As described above, the present invention independently analyzes the measurement data collected by the existing tool for evaluating the performance of the program module, and automatically displays the analysis result to evaluate the module. By reducing the work load and displaying the relationship between the feature values effective for program module evaluation and the measurement section on a three-dimensional coordinate system graph display, the evaluation contents can be grasped instantaneously and analysis work can be performed. A program performance graph display device capable of realizing the efficiency of the program can be provided. Further, according to the invention according to claim 2, it is possible to grasp the operation mode inside the program module in detail. Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, it is possible to grasp the number of times the vehicle has passed the route.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4,
The average CPU usage time can be ascertained. Further, according to the invention according to claim 5, it is possible to present a specific mode of the graph display in the three-dimensional coordinate system. Further, according to the invention of claim 6, by independently analyzing the measurement data collected by the existing tool for evaluating the performance of the program module and automatically displaying the analysis result, the evaluation work can be performed. By reducing the burden and displaying the relationship between the feature values effective for program module evaluation and the measurement section in a three-dimensional coordinate system graph display, the evaluation contents can be grasped instantaneously, and the efficiency of analysis work can be improved. It is possible to provide a method of displaying a graph of program performance capable of realizing the program.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a computer 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a software configuration.

FIG. 3 is a program module performance evaluation program 46;
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of a form of collected data 45a generated by a module evaluation tool 45.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of program modules 441 to 44n in which measurement points are set by a measurement point instruction module 46a.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a mode in which a feature amount graph display module 46e displays the image on a display.

[Explanation of symbols]

 45 Module evaluation tool 45a Collected data 46 Program module performance evaluation program 46a Measurement point instruction module 46b Measurement data acquisition module 46c Measurement data analysis module 46d Feature calculation module 46e Feature graph display module

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A program performance graph display comprising a predetermined tool for collecting measurement data of performance of a program module operated by a computer system, and displaying a predetermined graph using the predetermined measurement data collected by the tool. A measurement point instructing means for instructing the tool on a measurement point of a program module; a measurement data acquisition means for acquiring measurement data collected by the tool based on the measurement point; and a measurement data acquisition means Measurement data analysis means for analyzing the measurement data obtained by the measurement data analysis means; feature quantity calculation means for calculating a predetermined feature quantity indicating the performance of the program module based on the measurement data analyzed by the measurement data analysis means; Calculated by the quantity calculation means Characteristic graph display means for displaying, as appropriate, a three-dimensional coordinate system graph capable of visually grasping a relative relationship between the characteristic amounts by appropriately utilizing the characteristic amounts. Display device. 2. The program performance graph display device according to claim 1, wherein said measurement point designating means is capable of setting a plurality of measurement points in a program module, and said tool is configured to control a path by said measurement points. A program performance graph display device for measuring measurement data in a predetermined measurement section in which is formed. 3. The program performance graph display device according to claim 1, wherein the measurement data analysis means analyzes the number of passes of a measurement section forming a route based on the measurement data measured by the tool. A program performance graph display device. 4. The program performance graph display device according to claim 1, wherein said characteristic quantity calculating means is based on a result obtained and analyzed by said measurement data obtaining means and said measurement data analyzing means. And calculating an average CPU usage time. 5. The program performance graph display device according to claim 1, wherein said characteristic amount graph display means comprises: an average CPU time;
A program performance graph display device, wherein the number of times of passing through the measurement section and the corresponding measurement section are set for each coordinate axis, and a graph display of a three-dimensional coordinate system is executed. 6. A graphic display of program performance, comprising a predetermined tool for collecting measurement data of performance of a program module operated by a computer system, and displaying a predetermined graph using the predetermined measurement data collected by the tool. A method, comprising: a measurement point indicating step of indicating a measurement point of a program module to the tool; a measurement data acquisition step of acquiring measurement data collected by the tool based on the measurement point; and a measurement data acquisition step. A measurement data analysis step of analyzing the measurement data obtained by the above, a feature quantity calculation step of calculating a predetermined feature quantity indicating the performance of the program module based on the measurement data analyzed by the measurement data analysis step, Calculated by the quantity calculation process A characteristic amount graph displaying step of displaying the relative relationship between the characteristic amounts as a graph in a three-dimensional coordinate system which can visually grasp the relative amounts of the characteristic amounts as appropriate. Display method.