Add documentation describing ROCPROFSYS_USE_RCCP (#110)

* Add documentation describing ROCPROFSYS_USE_RCCP Signed-off-by: David Galiffi <David.Galiffi@amd.com> * Update wordlist Signed-off-by: David Galiffi <David.Galiffi@amd.com> * Update CHANGELOGS.md --------- Signed-off-by: David Galiffi <David.Galiffi@amd.com> Co-authored-by: David Galiffi <David.Galiffi@amd.com>
2025-08-13 18:01:18 -04:00
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ ppc
 proc
 proto
 Pthreads
+RCCL
+RCCLP
 rocDecode
 rocdecode
 ROCprofiler
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Full documentation for ROCm Systems Profiler is available at [https://rocm.docs.

 - Replaced ROCm SMI backend with AMD SMI backend for collecting GPU metrics.
 - ROCprofiler-SDK is now used to trace RCCL API and collect communication counters.
+  - Use the setting `ROCPROFSYS_USE_RCCLP = ON` to enable profiling and tracing of RCCL application data.
 - Updated the Dyninst submodule to v13.0.
 - Set the default value of `ROCPROFSYS_SAMPLING_CPUS` to `none`.

@@ -225,6 +225,22 @@ and memory copy operations submitted. With the
 ``ROCPROFSYS_ROCM_GROUP_BY_QUEUE=ON`` setting, the trace will display HSA queues
 to which these kernel and memory operations were submitted.

+ROCPROFSYS_USE_RCCLP
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Use the setting ``ROCPROFSYS_USE_RCCLP = ON`` to enable profiling and tracing of
+ROCm Communication Collectives Library (RCCL, also pronounced as 'Rickle'). When this setting is enabled,
+ROCm Systems Profiler will trace the RCCL API calls and collect performance metrics related to collective operations.
+
+The image below shows an example of a Perfetto trace with RCCL communication data and API tracing enabled:
+
+.. image:: ../data/rccl-comm-recv.png
+   :alt: Perfetto tracks with RCCL Communication Data and API tracing
+
+.. note::
+   There is a known issue which causes the application to exit with an error. However, the trace data can still be found in the output directory.
+   This issue is being tracked internally.
+
 Exploring GPU Metrics
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