v7 man page for profil

Query: profil

OS: v7

Section: 2

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PROFIL(2)							System Calls Manual							 PROFIL(2)

NAME
profil - execution time profile
SYNOPSIS
profil(buff, bufsiz, offset, scale) char *buff; int bufsiz, offset, scale;
DESCRIPTION
Buff points to an area of core whose length (in bytes) is given by bufsiz. After this call, the user's program counter (pc) is examined each clock tick (60th second); offset is subtracted from it, and the result multiplied by scale. If the resulting number corresponds to a word inside buff, that word is incremented. The scale is interpreted as an unsigned, fixed-point fraction with binary point at the left: 0177777(8) gives a 1-1 mapping of pc's to words in buff; 077777(8) maps each pair of instruction words together. 02(8) maps all instructions onto the beginning of buff (producing a non-interrupting core clock). Profiling is turned off by giving a scale of 0 or 1. It is rendered ineffective by giving a bufsiz of 0. Profiling is turned off when an exec is executed, but remains on in child and parent both after a fork. Profiling may be turned off if an update in buff would cause a memory fault.
SEE ALSO
monitor(3), prof(1)
ASSEMBLER
(profil = 44.) sys profil; buff; bufsiz; offset; scale PROFIL(2)
Related Man Pages
profil(2) - hpux
profil(3) - suse
profil(3) - mojave
profil(3) - xfree86
profil(3) - plan9
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