On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Paul Moore wrote:
Dear List,
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Using optimization flags is not possible due to the fact that large parts of the application failed in -O test runs and would need to be fixed/tested extensively first. Profiling with -pg/gprof has not been produced usable results as shared libraries are not being tracked.
In my experience, OProfile (oprofile.sourceforge.net) is much better than gprof at revealing the hotspots in my programs, including time spent in shared libraries. I strongly recommend it.
OTOH, I would worry more about correctness than performance at this point if the code breaks with optimization turned on.
- Joel
