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To figure them out, +compile a small program for profiling using the system’s installed C +compiler and look at the assembler code that results. +</p> +<p>Older implementations of <code>mcount</code> expect the address of a counter +variable to be loaded into some register. The name of this variable is +‘<samp>LP</samp>’ followed by the number <var>labelno</var>, so you would generate +the name using ‘<samp>LP%d</samp>’ in a <code>fprintf</code>. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-PROFILE_005fHOOK"></a>Macro: <strong>PROFILE_HOOK</strong></dt> +<dd><p>A C statement or compound statement to output to <var>file</var> some assembly +code to call the profiling subroutine <code>mcount</code> even the target does +not support profiling. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-NO_005fPROFILE_005fCOUNTERS"></a>Macro: <strong>NO_PROFILE_COUNTERS</strong></dt> +<dd><p>Define this macro to be an expression with a nonzero value if the +<code>mcount</code> subroutine on your system does not need a counter variable +allocated for each function. This is true for almost all modern +implementations. If you define this macro, you must not use the +<var>labelno</var> argument to <code>FUNCTION_PROFILER</code>. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-PROFILE_005fBEFORE_005fPROLOGUE"></a>Macro: <strong>PROFILE_BEFORE_PROLOGUE</strong></dt> +<dd><p>Define this macro if the code for function profiling should come before +the function prologue. Normally, the profiling code comes after. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fKEEP_005fLEAF_005fWHEN_005fPROFILED"></a>Target Hook: <em>bool</em> <strong>TARGET_KEEP_LEAF_WHEN_PROFILED</strong> <em>(void)</em></dt> +<dd><p>This target hook returns true if the target wants the leaf flag for +the current function to stay true even if it calls mcount. This might +make sense for targets using the leaf flag only to determine whether a +stack frame needs to be generated or not and for which the call to +mcount is generated before the function prologue. +</p></dd></dl> + +<hr> +<div class="header"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Tail-Calls.html#Tail-Calls" accesskey="n" rel="next">Tail Calls</a>, Previous: <a href="Function-Entry.html#Function-Entry" accesskey="p" rel="previous">Function Entry</a>, Up: <a href="Stack-and-Calling.html#Stack-and-Calling" accesskey="u" rel="up">Stack and Calling</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Option-Index.html#Option-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |