sprof

linux

Read and display shared object profiling data. Note: Requires profile data generated via the `$LD_PROFILE` environment variable.

Options (3)

-p, --flat-profileboolean

Generate a flat profile with counts and ticks

Example: sprof {{[-p|--flat-profile]}} {{path/to/library.so}} {{path/to/library.so.profile}}

-q, --graphboolean

Generate a call graph

Example: sprof {{[-q|--graph]}} {{path/to/library.so}} {{path/to/library.so.profile}}

-c, --call-pairsboolean

Print call pairs and their usage counts

Example: sprof {{[-c|--call-pairs]}} {{path/to/library.so}} {{path/to/library.so.profile}}

Generate a flat profile and call graph (default output)

sprof path/to/library.so path/to/library.so.profile

Generate a flat profile with counts and ticks

sprof [-p|--flat-profile] path/to/library.so path/to/library.so.profile

Generate a call graph

sprof [-q|--graph] path/to/library.so path/to/library.so.profile

Print call pairs and their usage counts

sprof [-c|--call-pairs] path/to/library.so path/to/library.so.profile

Use profile data from current directory (auto-detected by soname)

sprof path/to/library.so