profil(3)                  Library Functions Manual                  profil(3)

NAME
       profil - execution time profile

LIBRARY
       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int profil(unsigned short *buf, size_t bufsiz,
                  size_t offset, unsigned int scale);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       profil():
           Since glibc 2.21:
               _DEFAULT_SOURCE
           In glibc 2.19 and 2.20:
               _DEFAULT_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500)
           Up to and including glibc 2.19:
               _BSD_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500)

DESCRIPTION
       This routine provides a means to find out in what areas your program
       spends most of its time.  The argument buf points to bufsiz bytes of
       core.  Every virtual 10 milliseconds, the user's program counter (PC)
       is examined: offset is subtracted and the result is multiplied by scale
       and divided by 65536.  If the resulting value is less than bufsiz, then
       the corresponding entry in buf is incremented.  If buf is NULL,
       profiling is disabled.

RETURN VALUE
       Zero is always returned.

ATTRIBUTES
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       +------------------------------------------+---------------+-----------+
       |Interface                                 | Attribute     | Value     |
       +------------------------------------------+---------------+-----------+
       |profil ()                                 | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe |
       +------------------------------------------+---------------+-----------+
STANDARDS
       None.

HISTORY
       Similar to a call in SVr4.

BUGS
       profil() cannot be used on a program that also uses ITIMER_PROF
       interval timers (see setitimer(2)).

       True kernel profiling provides more accurate results.

SEE ALSO
       gprof(1), sprof(1), setitimer(2), sigaction(2), signal(2)

Linux man-pages 6.7               2023-10-31                         profil(3)