CodeXL User GuideAnalysis with Event-based Profiling (EBP)
Event-based profiling (EBP) uses the hardware performance event counters to measure the number of specific kinds of events that occur during execution. Examples of events include processor clock cycles, retired instructions, data cache accesses, and data cache misses. The specific events to be measured are determined by the profile configuration that is used to set up data collection. This section comprises the following modules.