Re: [gprof] strange behavior, esp spontaneous

[Ben Elliston]

Ross Boylan <address@hidden> writes:

> On both, I see lots of <spontaneous> entries.  This puzzles me,
> since the functions called "spontaneously" are actually called by
> other functions in my program.  Some of them indicate very little
> time (and no children) though I know most of the action happens
> below them.

Do you understand the meaning of the <spontaneous> entries?  This is
described in reasonable detail in the gprof manual.  You didn't say
whether your program forks or not.

Cheers, Ben