prof(5)
NAME
prof - profile within a function
SYNOPSIS
#define MARK
#include <prof.h>
void MARK(name);
DESCRIPTION
MARK introduces a mark called name that is treated the same
as a function entry point. Execution of the mark adds to a
counter for that mark, and program-counter time spent is
accounted to the immediately preceding mark or to the func-
tion if there are no preceding marks within the active func-
tion.
name may be any combination of letters, numbers, or under-
scores. Each name in a single compilation must be unique,
but may be the same as any ordinary program symbol.
For marks to be effective, the symbol MARK must be defined
before the header prof.h is included, either by a prepro-
cessor directive as in the synopsis, or by a command line
argument:
cc -p -DMARK work.c
If MARK is not defined, the MARK(name) statements may be
left in the source files containing them and are ignored.
prof -g must be used to get information on all labels.
EXAMPLES
In this example, marks can be used to determine how much
time is spent in each loop. Unless this example is compiled
with MARK defined on the command line, the marks are
ignored.
#include <prof.h>
work( )
{
int i, j;
. . .
MARK(loop1);
for (i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
. . .
}
MARK(loop2);
for (j = 0; j < 2000; j++) {
. . .
}
}
SEE ALSO
profil(2), monitor(3C)
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