FYI, a new kernprof kernel patch and associated kernprof command are now
available at:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/kernprof/download
The file profile-0.11-2.4.16.patch.gz is a patch against the 2.4.16 kernel,
and the file kernprof-1.4.tar.gz is a compatible kernprof command.
This version 0.11 of the kernel patch differs from the previous version 0.10.4
in supporting a new kernprof command arg, -p <pid>, with which you can focus
your profiling on a single process, instead of capturing profiling data on the
entirety of kernel activity. The new kernprof command, version 1.4, supports
this new argument.
It is believed that the previous kernprof command, version 1.3.2, is compatible
with the new kernel patch 0.11, although of course this older kernprof command
doesn't understand the new "-p <pid>" argument.
It is also believed tha the new kernprof command, version 1.4, is compatible
with the previous kernel patch, version 0.10.3, although of course the older
kernel won't understand that "-p <pid>" request.
John Hawkes
hawkes@xxxxxxx
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