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| .TH PPROF "1" "February 2005" "pprof (part of gperftools)" Google |
| .SH NAME |
| pprof \- manual page for pprof (part of gperftools) |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B pprof |
| [\fIoptions\fR] \fI<program> <profile>\fR |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .IP |
| Prints specified cpu- or heap-profile |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-cum\fR |
| Sort by cumulative data |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-base=\fR<base> |
| Subtract <base> from <profile> before display |
| .SS "Reporting Granularity:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-addresses\fR |
| Report at address level |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-lines\fR |
| Report at source line level |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-functions\fR |
| Report at function level [default] |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-files\fR |
| Report at source file level |
| .SS "Output type:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-text\fR |
| Generate text report [default] |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-gv\fR |
| Generate Postscript and display |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-list=\fR<regexp> |
| Generate source listing of matching routines |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-disasm=\fR<regexp> |
| Generate disassembly of matching routines |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-dot\fR |
| Generate DOT file to stdout |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-ps\fR |
| Generate Postcript to stdout |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-pdf\fR |
| Generate PDF to stdout |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-gif\fR |
| Generate GIF to stdout |
| .SS "Heap-Profile Options:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-inuse_space\fR |
| Display in-use (mega)bytes [default] |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-inuse_objects\fR |
| Display in-use objects |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-alloc_space\fR |
| Display allocated (mega)bytes |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-alloc_objects\fR |
| Display allocated objects |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-show_bytes\fR |
| Display space in bytes |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-drop_negative\fR |
| Ignore negaive differences |
| .SS "Call-graph Options:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-nodecount=\fR<n> |
| Show at most so many nodes [default=80] |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-nodefraction=\fR<f> |
| Hide nodes below <f>*total [default=.005] |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-edgefraction=\fR<f> |
| Hide edges below <f>*total [default=.001] |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-focus=\fR<regexp> |
| Focus on nodes matching <regexp> |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-ignore=\fR<regexp> |
| Ignore nodes matching <regexp> |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-scale=\fR<n> |
| Set GV scaling [default=0] |
| .SH EXAMPLES |
| |
| pprof /bin/ls ls.prof |
| .IP |
| Outputs one line per procedure |
| .PP |
| pprof \fB\-\-gv\fR /bin/ls ls.prof |
| .IP |
| Displays annotated call-graph via 'gv' |
| .PP |
| pprof \fB\-\-gv\fR \fB\-\-focus\fR=\fIMutex\fR /bin/ls ls.prof |
| .IP |
| Restricts to code paths including a .*Mutex.* entry |
| .PP |
| pprof \fB\-\-gv\fR \fB\-\-focus\fR=\fIMutex\fR \fB\-\-ignore\fR=\fIstring\fR /bin/ls ls.prof |
| .IP |
| Code paths including Mutex but not string |
| .PP |
| pprof \fB\-\-list\fR=\fIgetdir\fR /bin/ls ls.prof |
| .IP |
| Dissassembly (with per-line annotations) for getdir() |
| .PP |
| pprof \fB\-\-disasm\fR=\fIgetdir\fR /bin/ls ls.prof |
| .IP |
| Dissassembly (with per-PC annotations) for getdir() |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \(co 2005 Google Inc. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| Further documentation for |
| .B pprof |
| is maintained as a web page called |
| .B cpu_profiler.html |
| and is likely installed at one of the following locations: |
| .IP |
| .B /usr/share/gperftools/cpu_profiler.html |
| .br |
| .B /usr/local/share/gperftools/cpu_profiler.html |
| .PP |
