gmon size of counter

[Andrew Cagney]

> 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.

Is there a way to check for counter-size consistency between gprof and 
glibc?

Andrew