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. -- Nicholas Miell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
