Intel® Advisor issue with resolving debug symbols

Problem:

An issue was discovered in Intel Advisor® where the tool was taking a long time to resolve symbols. During the finalization phase Intel Advisor does not progress past the message:

“Processing information for instruction mix report”.

Solution:

The issue is fixed in version Intel Advisor 2018 Update 1

To work around the issue in earlier releases

1. Edit file

   Linux* <advisor-install-dir>/config/collector/include/common.xsl

   Windows* <advisor-install-dir>\config\collector\include\common.xsl

2. Remove or comment the xml block containing:

   <transformation name="Instruction Mix" boolean:deferred="true">

3. Re Run Survey