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diff --git a/tensorflow/core/profiler/g3doc/options.md b/tensorflow/core/profiler/g3doc/options.md index 4c73e372e3..dd12f76d6f 100644 --- a/tensorflow/core/profiler/g3doc/options.md +++ b/tensorflow/core/profiler/g3doc/options.md @@ -60,11 +60,14 @@ Currently, profiler only tracks the allocation of memory. As a result, the accumulated memory request is uaually larger than the peak memory of the overall model. -bytes: The memory allocations requested by the operation. -peak_bytes: The peak requested memory (not de-allocated) by the operation. -residual_bytes: The memory requested by the operation and not de-allocated +It's recommended to generate timeline to see the allocator memory usage over +time. + +`bytes`: The memory allocations requested by the operation. +`peak_bytes`: The peak requested memory (not de-allocated) by the operation. +`residual_bytes`: The memory requested by the operation and not de-allocated when Compute finishes. -output_bytes: The memory output by the operation. It's not necessarily requested +`output_bytes`: The memory output by the operation. It's not necessarily requested by the current operation. For example, it can be a tensor forwarded from input to output, with in-place mutation. |