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From: Michael Trimarchi <trimarchi@gandalf.sssup.it>
To: Ken Raeburn <raeburn@raeburn.org>
Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: gprof
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:13:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43300F48.2020602@gandalf.sssup.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A9BD19EF-6D57-4E6F-AD3A-A932C8FFCEC9@raeburn.org>

Ken Raeburn wrote:

> On Sep 15, 2005, at 04:45, Michael Trimarchi wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I'd like to profile multithread application using gprof, but I  
>> cannot profile thread !!! why?
>> Is the ITIMER signal problem?
>> regards
>> Michael
>
>
> I've tried this before... yes, depending on the system, you may need  
> to play some games after thread creation to start profiling in the  
> newly created thread, such as explicitly scheduling an interrupt  
> timer.  But also, if you care about the accuracy of the results, you  
> may need to modify the C runtime support code for profiling, which  
> typically updates the per-function data in a manner that is not  
> thread-safe.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have any code to show you for either issue,  
> right now...
>
> Ken

 >But also, if you care about the accuracy of the results, you  may need 
to modify the C runtime support code for >profiling, which  typically 
updates the per-function data in a manner that is not  thread-safe.
may you explain more precisely this point?
Regards
Michael


  reply	other threads:[~2005-09-20 13:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-15 10:54 gprof Michael Trimarchi
2005-09-15 12:31 ` gprof Ken Raeburn
2005-09-20 14:13   ` Michael Trimarchi [this message]
2005-09-20 18:12     ` gprof Ken Raeburn
2005-09-27 10:59       ` gprof Michael Trimarchi

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