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Re: [RFC] Cross-gprof cleanup in gmon_io

From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej at wasabisystems dot com>
To: Ethan Solomita <ethan at cs dot columbia dot edu>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:00:24 -0700
Subject: Re: [RFC] Cross-gprof cleanup in gmon_io
Organization: Wasabi Systems, Inc.
References: <3CB74765.B7D0D6E0@cs.columbia.edu> <20020412135438.U4954@dr-evil.shagadelic.org> <3CB75782.56A7F928@cs.columbia.edu>
Reply-to: thorpej at wasabisystems dot com

On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 02:54:10PM -0700, Ethan Solomita wrote:

 > 	I've been focusing on kernel profiling, when I should also be thinking
 > about user profiling. With these changes, will gprof be able to profile
 > the output of 32-bit sparc apps? With NetBSD/sparc64, are you running
 > all user apps at 64-bit? If you lose all userland profiling, this seems
 > like a serious compatibility issue.

For 32-bit apps, the kernel should write out a gmon structure compatible
with the 32-bit ABI.  For 64-bit apps, the kernel should write out a gmon
structure compatible with the 64-bit ABI.

-- 
        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>

References:
- Re: [RFC] Cross-gprof cleanup in gmon_io
  - From: Ethan Solomita
- Re: [RFC] Cross-gprof cleanup in gmon_io
  - From: Jason R Thorpe
- Re: [RFC] Cross-gprof cleanup in gmon_io
  - From: Ethan Solomita

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