From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: GPROF reports zero time spent?
Date: 7 Mar 2001 21:07:59 GMT
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Damon Casale <damon AT wrong DOT redshift DOT com> wrote:
> Hi, it's me again.  I'm trying to get gprof to profile my compression
> program correctly, and it's driving me batty.  -_-

> Here's the first few lines of (relevant) output:

> Flat profile:

> Each sample counts as 0.0555556 seconds.
>   %   cumulative   self              self     total           
>  time   seconds   seconds    calls  Ts/call  Ts/call  name    
> 100.00    424.17   424.17                             __dpmi_int

See the FAQ. In a nutshell: either you've hit a gprof bug, or your
program is completely bottlenecked by I/O operations.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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