atrace_helper is an optional binary which can be pushed onto the device running systrace in order to enrich the traces with further details (memory, I/O, etc). Which problem is it solving? --------------------------- Some nice-to-have details are not present in the systrace, specifically: - Memory snapshots of running processes (PSS/RSS). - Periodic snapshotting of processes and thread names. - File paths for filesystem events (today they report only inode numbers). How is it solving it? --------------------- atrace_helper is a small userspace binary which is meant to be pushed on the device and run together with atrace by a dedicated tracing agent. When stopped, the helper produces a JSON file which contains all the relevant details (see --help). The JSON file is consumed by the TraceViewer importers and the extra details are merged into the final model. Build instructions ------------------ Building the binary requires the Android NDK to be installed. See [Android NDK page](https://developer.android.com/ndk). Once installed the binary can be just built as follows: `$(NDK_HOME)/ndk-build` The binary will be built in `libs/armeabi-v7a/`