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# Profiling on Linux
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If you're trying to make DevilutionX run faster or use less memory, profiling can be very helpful.
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## gperftools
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[gperftools] is a library that provides a heap profiler and a CPU profiler.
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To install gperftools on Debian and Ubuntu, simply run:
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```bash
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sudo apt install libgoogle-perftools-dev
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```
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You may also want to install debugging symbols for SDL2:
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```bash
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sudo apt install libsdl2-dev-dbgsym
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```
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## Heap profiling with gperftools
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Heap profiling produces a graph of all heap allocations that are alive between two points
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in a program.
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DevilutionX has built-in support for heap allocation via [gperftools].
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Then, configure and build DevilutionX with the GPERF option:
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```bash
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cmake -S. -Bbuild-gperf -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DGPERF=ON -DGPERF_HEAP_FIRST_GAME_ITERATION=ON
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cmake --build build-gperf -j $(nproc)
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```
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The `GPERF_HEAP_FIRST_GAME_ITERATION` option will make DevilutionX dump the heap profile of the first game
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iteration.
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Start DevilutionX and load a game:
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```bash
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build-gperf/devilutionx
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```
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Heap profile data will be generated at `main.0001.heap`.
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To inspect the profile, run:
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```bash
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google-pprof --web build-gperf/devilutionx main.0001.heap
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```
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See [gperftools heap profiling documentation] for more information.
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[gperftools]: https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/wiki
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[gperftools heap profiling documentation]: https://gperftools.github.io/gperftools/heapprofile.html
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