[RFA] Correction to gprof.texi

[RFA] Correction to gprof.texi

[Ben Elliston]

I am resubmitting this patch from several months ago; perhaps it was
dropped on the floor?  I have not checked it in myself, since I am not
absolutely certain that it is correct.  Could someone review it?

Ben


2001-06-12  Ben Elliston  <bje@redhat.com>

	* gprof.texi (File Format): Profile data files are stored in
	target byte order, not host byte order.


Index: gprof.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/cvsfiles/devo/gprof/gprof.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -c -r1.19 gprof.texi
*** gprof.texi	2001/04/19 12:45:32	1.19
--- gprof.texi	2001/06/11 23:40:09
***************
*** 1836,1844 ****
  The new file format is defined in header file @file{gmon_out.h}.  It
  consists of a header containing the magic cookie and a version number,
  as well as some spare bytes available for future extensions.  All data
! in a profile data file is in the native format of the host on which
! the profile was collected.  @sc{gnu} @code{gprof} adapts automatically to the
! byte-order in use.
  
  In the new file format, the header is followed by a sequence of
  records.  Currently, there are three different record types: histogram
--- 1836,1844 ----
  The new file format is defined in header file @file{gmon_out.h}.  It
  consists of a header containing the magic cookie and a version number,
  as well as some spare bytes available for future extensions.  All data
! in a profile data file is in the native format of the target for which
! the profile was collected.  @sc{gnu} @code{gprof} adapts automatically
! to the byte-order in use.
  
  In the new file format, the header is followed by a sequence of
  records.  Currently, there are three different record types: histogram

Re: [RFA] Correction to gprof.texi

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Ben,

> I am resubmitting this patch from several months ago; perhaps it was 
> dropped on the floor?

I guess that it must have, sorry.

> I have not checked it in myself, since I am not
> absolutely certain that it is correct.  Could someone review it? 

It is correct.  Gprof is using the bfd routines to perform byte
swapping based on readin in data in the target's byte order and then
processing them in the host's byte order.

> 2001-06-12  Ben Elliston  <bje@redhat.com>
> 
> 	* gprof.texi (File Format): Profile data files are stored in
> 	target byte order, not host byte order.

Approved and applied.

Cheers
        Nick