pprof (1) - Linux Manuals

pprof: manual page for pprof (part of gperftools)

NAME

pprof - manual page for pprof (part of gperftools)

SYNOPSIS

pprof [options] <program> <profile>

DESCRIPTION

Prints specified cpu- or heap-profile

OPTIONS

--cum

Sort by cumulative data

--base=<base>

Subtract <base> from <profile> before display

Reporting Granularity:

--addresses

Report at address level

--lines

Report at source line level

--functions

Report at function level [default]

--files

Report at source file level

Output type:

--text

Generate text report [default]

--gv

Generate Postscript and display

--list=<regexp>

Generate source listing of matching routines

--disasm=<regexp>

Generate disassembly of matching routines

--dot

Generate DOT file to stdout

--ps

Generate Postcript to stdout

--pdf

Generate PDF to stdout

--gif

Generate GIF to stdout

Heap-Profile Options:

--inuse_space

Display in-use (mega)bytes [default]

--inuse_objects

Display in-use objects

--alloc_space

Display allocated (mega)bytes

--alloc_objects

Display allocated objects

--show_bytes

Display space in bytes

--drop_negative

Ignore negaive differences

Call-graph Options:

--nodecount=<n>

Show at most so many nodes [default=80]

--nodefraction=<f>

Hide nodes below <f>*total [default=.005]

--edgefraction=<f>

Hide edges below <f>*total [default=.001]

--focus=<regexp>

Focus on nodes matching <regexp>

--ignore=<regexp>

Ignore nodes matching <regexp>

--scale=<n>

Set GV scaling [default=0]

EXAMPLES

pprof /bin/ls ls.prof

Outputs one line per procedure

pprof --gv /bin/ls ls.prof

Displays annotated call-graph via 'gv'

pprof --gv --focus=Mutex /bin/ls ls.prof

Restricts to code paths including a .*Mutex.* entry

pprof --gv --focus=Mutex --ignore=string /bin/ls ls.prof

Code paths including Mutex but not string

pprof --list=getdir /bin/ls ls.prof

Dissassembly (with per-line annotations) for getdir()

pprof --disasm=getdir /bin/ls ls.prof

Dissassembly (with per-PC annotations) for getdir()

COPYRIGHT

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