PROF — User Commands

NAME

kprof − Control kernel profiling

SYNOPSIS

kprof [start] [end]
kprof dump filename

OPTIONS

startBegin kernel profiling.

endEnd profiling.

dump filenameWrite out the profiling data to the specified file.

DESCRIPTION

Kprof is used to start and stop kernel profiling and to dump out the profile data to a file. The kernel must have been generated with profiling hooks (the -p option to the compiler). The output data file can be processed using gprof.

KEYWORDS

profile, trace