From owner-kernprof@oss.sgi.com Mon Jul 3 20:33:02 2000 Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 20:32:52 -0700 Received: from zmamail04.zma.compaq.com ([161.114.64.104]:18444 "HELO zmamail04.zma.compaq.com") by oss.sgi.com with SMTP id ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 20:32:30 -0700 Received: by zmamail04.zma.compaq.com (Postfix, from userid 12345) id 5568092B; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 23:32:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from oils.ozy.dec.com (www-proxy.ozy.dec.com [16.153.192.1]) by zmamail04.zma.compaq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90841A0A for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 23:32:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from daytona by oils.ozy.dec.com (8.8.8/1.1.10.5/12Oct99-0148PM) id NAA0000001145; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:32:17 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000704133244.00b00ed0@oils.ozy.dec.com> X-Sender: cecil@oils.ozy.dec.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 13:34:21 +1000 To: kernprof@oss.sgi.com From: Dave Cecil Subject: Fwd: Loadable module profiling? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-kernprof@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;kernprof-outgoing Hello, is anyone reading this mail list? Can anyone comment on my question re kernprof? Thanks, Dave >X-Sender: cecil@oils.ozy.dec.com >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 >Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:27:53 +1000 >To: kernprof@oss.sgi.com >From: Dave Cecil >Subject: Loadable module profiling? >Cc: cecil@ozy.dec.com >X-Orcpt: rfc822;kernprof@oss.sgi.com >Sender: owner-kernprof@oss.sgi.com > >Hi, > >I'd like to use this utility for profiling a loadable module on a Linux >2.2.12 kernel. Is that possible? > >Also, is it true that gprof can't profile the kernel as it required the >exit(2) or a return from main() for it to work? I'm only asking as >http://oss.sgi.com/projects/kernprof/faq.html#Q6 makes no mention of a >difference between kernprof and gprof being that gprof can't do kernel >profiling. Have I missed something here? > >Cheers, >Dave