fprof - crashing in profile() (was: performance issues)

[Gaspar Chilingarov]

Vladimir Sekissov wrote:
> Good day,
> 
> nm> For the same set of input data i got 5-10 times slower performance, what can
> nm> be a problem and how should I profile this application ? profiler manual is a
> nm> little bit messy (for a newcomer :).
> 
> Try _fprof_. It is very easy to use and has very understandable
> output.
> 
> 1> fprof:trace(start).
> 
> 2> start_my_app_here().
> 
> 3> fprof:trace(stop).
> 4> fprof:profile().
> 5> fprof:analyse([]). 
> 

I got the following error, when tried to process trace file.
fprof:trace(start) and trace(stop) both return ok. There is enough space 
on the hard drive to hold whole dump.
<0.41.0> is a pid of my manager process


..............
End of erroneous trace!
{error,{inconsistent_trace_data,fprof,
                                 2055,
                                 [<0.41.0>,
                                  undefined,
                                  {1116,870978,912617},
                                  [[{suspend,{1116,870978,912617}}],
 
[{{gen_server,loop,6},{1116,870978,911532}},
                                    {{gen_server,handle_msg,6},
                                     {1116,870978,257240}},
 
{{gen_server,loop,6},{1116,870978,257169}},
                                    {{gen_server,init_it,6},
                                     {1116,870978,217601}},
                                    {{gen,init_it2,7},{1116,870978,214418}},
                                    {{gen,init_it,7},{1116,870978,214410}}],
 
[{{proc_lib,init_p,5},{1116,870978,214343}}]]]}}


Any ideas why can it crash?



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