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DEFINITION
• each box represents a function (a merged stack frame)
• y-axis shows stack depth
• top function led directly to the profiling event
• everything beneath it is ancestry (explains why)
• x-axis spans the sample population, sorted alphabetically
• box width is proportional to the total time a function was profiled directly
or its children were profiled
• all threads can be shown in the same Flame Graph (the default), or as
separate per-thread Flame Graphs
• flame graphs can be interactive: mouse over for details