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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: add the debugfs interface for the sysprof tool
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On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 04:49 +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > I didn't need to write a new kernel module to enable that
> > thirteen-character shell script, and I don't believe one needs to write a
> > new kernel module to put a nice easy-to-use GUI around oprofile either.
> >
> > This is one of those i-cant-believe-im-having-this-discussion discussions.
>
> Sysprof tracks the full stack frame so it can provide meaningful call
> tree (who called what) which is invaluable for spotting hot _paths_. I
> don't see how oprofile can do that as it tracks instruction pointers only.
>
> Pekka

You could try passing the --callgraph option to opcontrol.

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Nicholas Miell <nmiell@comcast.net>



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