microsoft / microsoft/perfview

Enable PerfView To Export SpeedScope Data Not Per Thread But All Threads Aggregated

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Description

I have whipped together a small change to export SpeedScope Data not thread wise but as an aggregate.
That makes it much easier to find CPU bottlenecks which happen in the same methods split accross many threads.
Currently the Speedscope output is not that useful if you have many threads in your application.

  • You loose then the timeline view which is not that useful anyway if you can check only one thread at a time.
  • Left Heavy and Sandwich work as expected

For the export menu we would then need an additional option or should that become the new default?

  • Speed Scope (*.speedscope.json)
  • Speed Scope All Threads (*.speedscope.json)

Any opinions?

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Research direction

Start by locating PerfView's SpeedScope export entry point and the export menu described in the issue, then compare how per-thread data is currently produced. Confirm the desired aggregate behavior and whether it should be a separate menu option or the default; done means the chosen export produces valid aggregated SpeedScope data while the existing option remains correct if retained.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
devtools, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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