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+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/*
+Trace is a tool for viewing trace files.
+
+Trace files can be generated with:
+ - runtime/trace.Start
+ - net/http/pprof package
+ - go test -trace
+
+Example usage:
+Generate a trace file with 'go test':
+ go test -trace trace.out pkg
+View the trace in a web browser:
+ go tool trace trace.out
+Generate a pprof-like profile from the trace:
+ go tool trace -pprof=TYPE trace.out > TYPE.pprof
+
+Supported profile types are:
+ - net: network blocking profile
+ - sync: synchronization blocking profile
+ - syscall: syscall blocking profile
+ - sched: scheduler latency profile
+
+Then, you can use the pprof tool to analyze the profile:
+ go tool pprof TYPE.pprof
+
+Note that while the various profiles available when launching
+'go tool trace' work on every browser, the trace viewer itself
+(the 'view trace' page) comes from the Chrome/Chromium project
+and is only actively tested on that browser.
+*/
+package main