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Re: slow script execution when debugging large binaries


On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 05:48:18PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> attached the output of `gprof` on both runs

> slow:
> (gdb) maintanence set profile
> (gdb) file vmlinux
> (gdb) speed-test
> (gdb) quit

If you want useful profiles, I recommend not profiling "file".
We already know that's slow :-)

But at a guess, you'll still have a symbol lookup on top of the profile.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


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