google-pprof1
Manual page for google-pprof (part of gperftools)
Usage
google-pprof [options]
<program>
<profile>
Overview
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Prints specified cpu- or heap-profile
Options
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--cum -
Sort by cumulative data
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--base=<base> -
Subtract <base> from <profile> before display
Reporting Granularity:
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--addresses -
Report at address level
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--lines -
Report at source line level
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--functions -
Report at function level [default]
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--files -
Report at source file level
Output type:
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--text -
Generate text report [default]
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--gv -
Generate Postscript and display
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--list=<regexp> -
Generate source listing of matching routines
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--disasm=<regexp> -
Generate disassembly of matching routines
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--dot -
Generate DOT file to stdout
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--ps -
Generate Postscript to stdout
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--pdf -
Generate PDF to stdout
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--gif -
Generate GIF to stdout
Heap-Profile Options:
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--inuse_space -
Display in-use (mega)bytes [default]
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--inuse_objects -
Display in-use objects
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--alloc_space -
Display allocated (mega)bytes
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--alloc_objects -
Display allocated objects
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--show_bytes -
Display space in bytes
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--drop_negative -
Ignore negaive differences
Call-graph Options:
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--nodecount=<n> -
Show at most so many nodes [default=80]
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--nodefraction=<f> -
Hide nodes below <f>*total [default=.005]
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--edgefraction=<f> -
Hide edges below <f>*total [default=.001]
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--focus=<regexp> -
Focus on nodes matching <regexp>
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--ignore=<regexp> -
Ignore nodes matching <regexp>
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--scale=<n> -
Set GV scaling [default=0]
Examples
google-pprof /bin/ls ls.prof
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Outputs one line per procedure
google-pprof --gv /bin/ls ls.prof
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Displays annotated call-graph via 'gv'
google-pprof --gv --focus=Mutex /bin/ls ls.prof
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Restricts to code paths including a .*Mutex.* entry
google-pprof --gv --focus=Mutex --ignore=string /bin/ls ls.prof
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Code paths including Mutex but not string
google-pprof --list=getdir /bin/ls ls.prof
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Dissassembly (with per-line annotations) for getdir()
google-pprof --disasm=getdir /bin/ls ls.prof
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Dissassembly (with per-PC annotations) for getdir()
Releases
8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 3 times.