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Date:      Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:28:52 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   HOWTO:  Basic-block profiling on -current.
Message-ID:  <18868.1041859732@critter.freebsd.dk>

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I have committed the bits needed to use GCC's basicblock profiling
on -current.

Make sure to recompile the kernbb(8) program first.

Here's an simple example how to profile a single file (vfs_bio.c):

	cd /sys/i386/conf
	config YOURKERNEL
	cd ../compile/YOURKERNEL
	make depend && make all
	rm vfs_bio.o
	make vfs_bio.o DEBUG="--test-coverage --profile-arcs"
	make all && make install
	reboot
	# run your test.
	kernbb
	cd /sys/i386/compile/YOURKERNEL
	gcov vfs_bio.c
	# examine vfs_bio.c.gcov

If you want to profile multiple files, you just give them all the
same treatment as vfs_bio.

It's perfectly possible to profile the entire kernel if you want to.

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