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Re: gprof question

From: Ian Wienand <ianw at gelato dot unsw dot edu dot au>
To: Dave Cottingham <dcottingham00 at comcast dot net>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:06:58 +1000
Subject: Re: gprof question
References: <1080489269.11227.641.camel@dcottingham.erols.com>

On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 10:54:28AM -0500, Dave Cottingham wrote:
> What does it mean when the total CPU time reported by gprof is quite
> different from the total CPU time measured by the operating system?  

Probably that you're spending time in places gprof can't see (I know
this is the 'duh' answer).

Maybe use a better tool?  qprof is one that comes immediately to mind.

http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/qprof/

-i

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