Features/EclipseCallGraph

Launch local SystemTap scripts on Fedora Eclipse

This is a sandbox for Charley and Roland's feature

Summary

GUI for launching custom/preset SystemTap scripts on Fedora Eclipse. Also provides a Zest-based graphing interface for graphical views of the user's program.

Owner

• Name: Charley Wang
• Name: Roland Grunberg

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 12
• Last updated: July 23, 2009
• Percentage of completion: 50%

Detailed Description

Allow developers to launch SystemTap scripts on their C/C++ projects directly from Eclipse. Provides a launch wizard for easy launches, as well as a few prebuilt scripts. The included graphical viewing program generates a program graph displaying time information for function calls. Also comes with the ability to annotate functions, allowing the user to mark graph nodes and displaying user-specified, function-specific information on the graph.

Benefit to Fedora

Makes it easier for developers to use SystemTap, and provides a neat way to graphically profile C/C++ projects developed through Fedora Eclipse.

Scope

Adds a small plugin family to Fedora Eclipse

Test Plan

1. Write JUnit tests
2. Improve test coverage of core components to 80%

User Experience

1. Users of Fedora Eclipse's CDT tools will be able to select Profile As and select one of several prebuilt SystemTap scripts, or launch a custom script through the script launch Wizard.
2. Sample videos will be posted soon.

Dependencies

• Fedora Eclipse 1.4.1 or greater

Contingency Plan

• Continue without such capability.

Release Notes

Users will need to be part of the stapdev group on their machine in order to fully take advantage of SystemTap's offerings.

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