Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:4634 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp From: dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie) Subject: Re: what is mcount? Message-ID: Organization: DJ Delorie/DJGPP Support In-Reply-To: thomas@unix.cde.com's message of Tue, 04 Jun 1996 23:35:34 GMT Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 23:36:38 GMT References: <4p2hic$b5p AT news DOT iag DOT net> Lines: 9 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp In article <4p2hic$b5p AT news DOT iag DOT net> thomas AT unix DOT cde DOT com writes: > I used gprof and saw that my program spent mose of its time in mcount: > What is it? mcount() is the function that is called on each timer tick. It has to figure out where you are and store that information in the profiling tables. It's also called whenever one function calls another, to keep track of the call graph counts.