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Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 23:49:00 -0000
From: Janis Johnson <janis187@us.ibm.com>
To: Satyavathi Malladi <satya@ittc.ku.edu>
Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: problem with -ax option
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References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0301042254120.4954-100000@basie.ittc.ku.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0301061628200.2330-100000@basie.ittc.ku.edu>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0301061628200.2330-100000@basie.ittc.ku.edu>; from satya@ittc.ku.edu on Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 04:42:43PM -0600
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On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 04:42:43PM -0600, Satyavathi Malladi wrote:
> 
> I have used the -ax option to profile a program. The program makes some
> library function calls. So, I recompiled the library with profiling turned
> on for the library functions. A particular library function is called 3
> times in my program. But the basic block, corresponding to the entry to
> that function, is entered only for the first two times and not entered the
>  3rd time. I ran the program several times and observed the same behavior.
> The basic block corresponding to the exit of the library  function is
> ,however, entered. Could anyone pls help me figure out what the problem could be.

Profiling with -ax was broken in GCC 3.0 and was removed in GCC 3.1.
Try using -ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs.

Janis