Profiling MATLAB mex CUDA applications with the NVIDIA visual profiler

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I am trying to profile a CUDA code that is embedded in a mex file, called from MATLAB. Running on a win7 x64 machine, MATLAB r2014b

The code is structured as follows:

 MATLAB   test.m
    ->contains some standard code generating variables (and calling 1 or 2 minor own MATLAB fucntions)
    -> calls testcuda.mex
        ->contains small, standard, no library C++ code
        -> calls either test1.cu or test2.cu
              ->.cu files end in cudaDeviceReset();
           

I did the following, as stated in several places on the internet:

  1. Compiled mex files. Test them. They work.
  2. Add exit in the end of test.m.
  3. Launch the NVIDIA Visual Profiler. File -> New Session.
  4. add the full path of the Matlab executable file, for example C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2014b\bin\matlab.exe
  5. Working directory: add the full path of the Matlab .m file. C:\CUDA_MATLABtests\MyToolbox
  6. Arguments: -nojvm -nosplash -r test

However, when I run the profiler,I get

======== Warning: No CUDA application was profiled, exiting

And nothing more.

I am missing some instruction?

Is there any particular code structure that would make the profiler not to profile?

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