traceviewify

Converts .cpuprofile format to trace viewer JSON object format to allow analysing the data in chrome://tracing.

var traceviewify = require('traceviewify');
var cpuprofile = require('./fixtures/fibonacci.cpuprofile');

var traceviewObjectFormat = traceviewify(cpuprofile);

Screenshots

The screenshot above shows chrome://tracing timeline and sunburst of traceviewified data

The screenshot above shows DevTools with .cpuprofile from which the traceview was generated

Usage

cat some.cpuprofile | traceviewify > trace.json

Then load it into chrome://tracing.

Installation

npm install traceviewify

DTrace

A simple DTrace script was also added which generates trace viewer events. The resulting JSON can be directly imported into chrome://tracing.

API

License

MIT