Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:28:57 -0300 | From | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] pahole and other DWARF2 utilities |
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 02:05:06PM -0200, Thiago Galesi wrote: > >> Further ideas on how to use the DWARF2 information include tools > >> that will show where inlines are being used, how much code is added by > >> inline functions, > > > >It would be quite useful to be able to identify inlined functions which are > >good candidates for uninlining. > > > >- > > Arnaldo, can't we get a call count for functions? (yes, it is not a > run-time call count, but rather, how many times the function if called > in the code) I guess this would help for this purpose of finding > candidates for inlining, uninlining.
At least for inline expansions, yes, for normal function calls I have to study more the DWARF2 documentation, but I guess its feasible.
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