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Re: HELP: finding the finishing point of the execution from gprof output
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at wasabisystems dot com>
- To: <perugupa at csee dot wvu dot edu>
- Cc: <binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 12 Jun 2004 21:18:03 -0400
- Subject: Re: HELP: finding the finishing point of the execution from gprof output
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<perugupa@csee.wvu.edu> writes:
> I am using gprof to profile the gcc compiler.i am getting huge profiles
> .how can I find out where the execution started and where it ended, from
> the profiler output.i didn't find that information in the gprof
> documentation.can anyone help me figure this out.thank you in advance
Profiling doesn't tell you where execution starts or stops.
It tells you how much it spent along the way.
Ian