introduction
perf profile is a free tool provided by linux.
A more comprehensive tutorial: brendangregg
perf generated record
1. Data generated perf:
sudo perf record -g ls
2. Read perf.data, output trace
sudo perf script -i perf.data > perf.unfold
3. Stack compression
is used here flame chart tool: https://github.com/brendangregg/FlameGraph
stackcollapse-perf.pl perf.unfold > perf.folded
4. Generate File svg
flamegraph.pl perf.folded > ls.svg