Power and Performance

Chapter 4

Performance Workflow

Abstract

This chapter describes the performance workflow, that is, the various stages of a performance project. This guides the reader from the early stages of performance work, such as identifying the problem, to the end, such as regression testing. Additionally, this chapter includes a detailed discussion of the Open Source development process and tips for productive interactions.

Keywords

Git

Performance workflow

Problem solving

Reproducible experiments

Bottleneck

Architectural tuning

Algorithmic tuning

Chapter Contents

4.1 Step 0: Defining the Problem   54

4.2 Step 1: Determine the Source of the Problem   56

4.3 Step 2: Determine Whether the Bottleneck Can Be Avoided   57

4.4 Step 3: Design a Reproducible ...