gmon size of counter

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Diviya JAIN <diviya.jain@st.com> writes:

> While using gprof, I came across the fact that gmon.h specifies a
> short counter (kcount) in the gmonparam structure. But we require
> very large profiling counts, and hence short counters are
> insufficient for us.

> Is a new version of gmon.h is available which allows for larger
> counter value, or if you can suggest other possible alternatives
> that have been implemented till now.

The structure needs to be kept in synch between the generating
function, which is in glibc, and the reading function, which is in
gprof.

If you change both simultaneously, you can do whatever you like.

Ian