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]>

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