On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 09:20:42AM -0500, suresh ds wrote: > Is there any default profiler available for linux (which gets > installed alongwith linux)? > If so, can anyone tell me the name and the command to invoke it? Gprof or oprofile. > OR > > Do I have to separately download and install it in linux? In this case, > which is the best profiler for linux and where it is available(website)? Gprof is a userspace program used to profile userspace. It needs a little help from gcc in order to work. Oprofile is included in linux-2.6 and can be used to profile both kernel and userspace. I don't know what the "best profiler" is, it all depends on your requirements. As for websites: google is your friend... Erik -- Erik Mouw J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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