[linux-audio-user] profiling

[Steve Harris]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 08:44:32AM -0800, Noah Roberts wrote:
> > Failing that you can write your own profiling code reasonably easily, just
> > use gettimeofday before and after ciritcal sections, and sum the results
> > from each run.
> 
> Yeah, eventually I did that but it isn't nearly as accurate as a
> profile.  Would certainly like to know how to make gprof work and why
> it isn't at any rate for future development.  I don't often find the
> need to profile, but sometimes I do and not being able to is a big
> bummer.

It should be waaaay more accurate than gprof for runs that dont take hours.

- Steve