I rewrote my code and manually loop from 1:n, the pre-allocation problem is 
solved. I also added some parenthesis as you suggested, that helps, but not 
very much. 

在 2016年3月30日星期三 UTC+8上午1:56:47,Yichao Yu写道:
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> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 1:50 PM, 博陈 <chenph...@gmail.com <javascript:>> 
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>> Additionally, the allocation problem is not solved. I guess this 
>> http://julia-programming-language.2336112.n4.nabble.com/How-to-avoid-temporary-arrays-being-created-in-a-function-td14492.html
>>  might 
>> be helpful, but I just don't know how to change my code.
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> The only places you create temporary arrays according to your profile is 
> the `sum(A[1:n])` and you just need to loop from 1:n manually instead of 
> creating an subarray
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>> 在 2016年3月30日星期三 UTC+8上午1:15:07,Yichao Yu写道:
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>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:43 PM, 博陈 <chenph...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I tried the built-in profiler, and find that the problem lies in lines 
>>>> I end  with ******, the result is shown below:
>>>> that proved my guess, how can I pre-allocate these arrays? If I don't 
>>>> want to divide this code into several parts that calculate these arrays 
>>>> separately. 
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't understand what you mean by `divide this code into several parts 
>>> that calculate these arrays separately`
>>>  
>>>
>>>> | lines | backtrace |
>>>>
>>>> |   169 |      9011 |  ***********
>>>>
>>>> |   173 |      1552 |
>>>>
>>>> |   175 |      2604 |
>>>>
>>>> |   179 |      2906 |
>>>>
>>>> |   181 |      1541 |
>>>>
>>>> |   192 |      4458 |
>>>>
>>>> |   211 |     13332 ************|
>>>>
>>>> |   214 |      8431 |************
>>>>
>>>> |   218 |     15871 |***********
>>>>
>>>> |   221 |      2538 |
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 在 2016年3月29日星期二 UTC+8下午9:27:27,Stefan Karpinski写道:
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you tried:
>>>>>
>>>>> (a) calling @code_typewarn on your function
>>>>> (b) using the built-in profiler?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:23 AM, 博陈 <chenph...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> First of all, have a look at the result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-anNt-E4P1vM/Vvp-TybegZI/AAAAAAAAABE/ZvDO2xarndMSgKVOXy_hcPd5NTh-7QcEA/s1600/QQ%25E5%259B%25BE%25E7%2589%258720160329210732.png>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My code calculates the evolution of 1-d 2-electron system in the 
>>>>>> electric field, some variables are calculated during the evolution.
>>>>>> According to the result of @time evolution, my code must have a 
>>>>>> pre-allocation problem. Before you see the long code, i suggest that the 
>>>>>> hotspot might be around the Arrays prop_e, \phio, pp. I have learnt that 
>>>>>> I 
>>>>>> can use m = Array(Float64, 1) outside a "for" loop and empty!(m) and 
>>>>>> push!(m, new_m) inside the loop to pre-allocate the variable m, but in 
>>>>>> my 
>>>>>> situations, I don't know how to pre-allocate these arrays.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Below is the script (precisely, the main function) itself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> function evolution(ϕ::Array{Complex{Float64}, 2},
>>>>>>                    ele::Array{Float64, 1}, dx::Float64, dt::Float64,
>>>>>>                    flags::Tuple{Int64, Int64, Int64, Int64})
>>>>>>     ϕg = copy(ϕ)
>>>>>>     FFTW.set_num_threads(8)
>>>>>>     ns = length( ϕ[:, 1] )
>>>>>>     x = get_x(ns, dx)
>>>>>>     p = get_p(ns, dx)
>>>>>>     if flags[4] == 1
>>>>>>         pp = similar(p)
>>>>>>         A = -cumsum(ele) * dt
>>>>>>         A² = A.*A
>>>>>>         ##### splitting
>>>>>>         r_sp = 150.0
>>>>>>         δ_sp = 5.0
>>>>>>         splitter = Array(Float64, ns, ns)
>>>>>>     end
>>>>>>     nt = length( ele )
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     # ##### Pre-allocate result and temporary arrays
>>>>>>     #if flags[1] == 1
>>>>>>     σ = zeros(Complex128, nt)
>>>>>>     #end
>>>>>>     #if flags[2] == 1
>>>>>>     a = zeros(Float64, nt)
>>>>>>     #end
>>>>>>     #if flags[3] == 1
>>>>>>     r_ionization = 20.0
>>>>>>     n1 = round(Int, ns/2 - r_ionization/dx)
>>>>>>     n2 = round(Int, ns/2 + r_ionization/dx)
>>>>>>     ip = zeros(Float64, nt)
>>>>>>     #end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     ##### FFT plan
>>>>>>     p_fft! = plan_fft!( similar(ϕ), flags=FFTW.MEASURE )
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     prop_x = similar( ϕ )
>>>>>>     prop_p = similar( prop_x )
>>>>>>     prop_e = similar( prop_x )
>>>>>>     # this two versions just cost the same time
>>>>>>     xplusy = Array(Float64, ns, ns)
>>>>>>     #xplusy = Array( Float64, ns^2)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     ##### absorb boundary
>>>>>>     r_a = ns * dx /2 - 50.0
>>>>>>     δ = 10.0
>>>>>>     absorb = Array(Float64, ns, ns)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     k0 = 2π / (ns * dx)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     @inbounds for j in 1:ns
>>>>>>         @inbounds for i in 1:ns
>>>>>>             prop_x[i, j] = exp( -im * get_potential(x[i], x[j]) * dt 
>>>>>> / 2 )
>>>>>>             prop_p[i, j] = exp( -im * (p[i]^2 + p[j]^2)/2 * dt )
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             xplusy[i, j] = x[i] + x[j]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             absorb[i, j] = (1.0 - get_out(x[i], r_a, δ ))* (1.0 - 
>>>>>> get_out(x[j],
>>>>>>              r_a, δ))
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>     end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     if flags[2] == 1
>>>>>>         pvpx = Array(Float64, ns, ns)
>>>>>>         @inbounds for j in 1:ns
>>>>>>             @inbounds for i in 1:ns
>>>>>>                 pvpx[i, j] = get_pvpx(x[i], x[j])
>>>>>>             end
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>     end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     if flags[4] == 1
>>>>>>         ϕo = zeros(Complex128, ns, ns)
>>>>>>         ϕp = zeros(Complex128, ns, ns)
>>>>>>         @inbounds for  j in 1:ns
>>>>>>             @inbounds for  i in 1:ns
>>>>>>                 splitter[i, j] = get_out(x[i], r_sp, δ_sp) * 
>>>>>> get_out(x[j], r_sp, δ_sp)
>>>>>>             end
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>     end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     for i in 1:nt
>>>>>>         for j in eachindex(ϕ)
>>>>>>             prop_e[j] = exp( -im * ele[i] * xplusy[j] * dt/2.0) 
>>>>>> ************************************169
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> You might be hitting a stupid inlining issue here, try adding 
>>> parenthesis to the multiplication
>>> (i.e. instead of `a * b * c * d` do `(a * b) * (c * d)`)
>>>  
>>>
>>>>         end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         for j in eachindex(ϕ)
>>>>>>             ϕ[j] *= prop_x[j] * prop_e[j]
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>         p_fft! * ϕ
>>>>>>         for j in eachindex(ϕ)
>>>>>>             ϕ[j] *= prop_p[j]
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>         p_fft! \ ϕ
>>>>>>         for j in eachindex(ϕ)
>>>>>>             ϕ[j] *= prop_x[j] * prop_e[j]
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>         ########## autocorrelation function σ(t)
>>>>>>         if flags[1] == 1
>>>>>>             for j in eachindex(ϕ)
>>>>>>                 σ[i] += conj(ϕg[j]) * ϕ[j]
>>>>>>             end
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>         ########## dipole acceleration a(t)
>>>>>>         if flags[2] == 1
>>>>>>             for j in eachindex(ϕ)
>>>>>>                 a[i] += abs(ϕ[j])^2 * (pvpx[j] + 2ele[i])
>>>>>>             end
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>         ########## ionization probability ip(t)
>>>>>>         if flags[3] == 1
>>>>>>             for j1 in n1:n2
>>>>>>                 for j2 in 1:ns
>>>>>>                     ip[i] += abs( ϕ[j2+ns*(j1-1)] )^2
>>>>>>                 end
>>>>>>             end
>>>>>>             for j1 in [1:n1-1; n2+1:ns]
>>>>>>                 for j2 in n1:n2
>>>>>>                     ip[i] += abs( ϕ[j2+ns*(j1-1)] )^2
>>>>>>                 end
>>>>>>             end
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>         ########## get momentum
>>>>>>         if flags[4] == 1
>>>>>>             for j in eachindex(ϕo)
>>>>>>                 ϕo[j] = ϕ[j] * splitter[j] * exp( -im * 
>>>>>> A[i]*xplusy[j] ) **********************************211
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> Same with above
>>>  
>>>
>>>>             end
>>>>>>             for j in eachindex(p)
>>>>>>                 pp[j] = p[j]^2 /2 * (nt-i) - p[j] *sum( A[i:nt] ) + 
>>>>>> sum( A²[1:nt] ) /2 ******************214
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> write out the sum directly, you can do with a helper function
>>> Using subarray would also eliminate the data copy but is still 
>>> suboptimum as it is now.
>>>  
>>>
>>>>             end
>>>>>>             for j2 in 1:ns
>>>>>>                 for j1 in 1:ns
>>>>>>                     ϕo[j1, j2] = ϕo[j1, j2] * exp( -im * (pp[j1] + 
>>>>>> pp[j2]) * dt)************************218
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> I don't see any obvious problem, (apart from the potential inlining 
>>> issue as above) but it does look like a keep loop with c function call so 
>>> it won't be surprising if most of the time is spent here.
>>>  
>>>
>>>>                 end
>>>>>>             end
>>>>>>             p_fft! * ϕo
>>>>>>             for j in eachindex(ϕp)
>>>>>>                 ϕp[j] += ϕo[j]
>>>>>>             end
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         ########## absorb boundary
>>>>>>         if mod(i, 300) == 0
>>>>>>             for j in eachindex(ϕ)
>>>>>>                 ϕ[j] *= absorb[j]
>>>>>>             end
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         if (mod(i, 500) == 0)
>>>>>>             println("i = $i")
>>>>>>             flush(STDOUT)
>>>>>>         end
>>>>>>     end
>>>>>>     σ *= dx^2
>>>>>>     a *= dx^2
>>>>>>     ip *= dx^2
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     save("data/fs.jld", "ϕ", ϕ)
>>>>>>     if flags[1] == 1
>>>>>>         save("data/sigma.jld", "σ", σ)
>>>>>>     end
>>>>>>     if flags[2] == 1
>>>>>>         save("data/a.jld", "a", a)
>>>>>>     end
>>>>>>     if flags[3] == 1
>>>>>>         save("data/ip.jld", "ip", ip)
>>>>>>     end
>>>>>>     if flags[4] == 1
>>>>>>         save("data/pf.jld", "ϕp", ϕp)
>>>>>>     end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     #return σ, a, ip, ϕ
>>>>>>     nothing
>>>>>> end
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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