A Quantitative Evaluation of the Contribution of Native Code to Java Workloads

— Many performance analysis tools for Java focus on tracking executed bytecodes, but provide little support in determining the specific contribution of native code libraries. This paper introduces and assesses a portable approach for characterizing the amount of native code executed by Java applications. A profiling agent based on the JVM Tool Interface (JVMTI) accurately keeps track of all runtime transitions between bytecode and native code. It relies on a combination of JVMTI events, Java Native Interface (JNI) function interception, bytecode instrumentation, and hardware performance counters.1

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: IISWC
• Authors: Walter Binder, Jarle Hulaas, Philippe Moret
• Keywords: IISWC 2006, Java Native Interface, Native Code, Native Code Libraries, Operating Systems