TODO revision 1.1.1.1
1 2 - add support for prof file format so that prof files can be displayed 3 at the line-level (this is useful for the uprofile tool under DEC's 4 OSF/1) 5 - take a hard look at --file-ordering (broken) and --function-ordering 6 7 + documentation 8 + optimize bfd_find_nearest_line_num() (or replace by different interface) 9 + cleanup _bfd_ecoff_find_nearest_line_num() fixes & description 10 + ensure "cc -pg" produces good files under OSF/1 v3.0 11 + make sure gprof works together with OSF/1 v3.0's profiling libraries 12 + implement symtab_parse(); modify sym_lookup() to consider addr_high 13 + change gprof.c to collect lists, then invoke symtab_parse() for 14 each list 15 + Questions: 16 o is -c (--static-call-graph) useful at all? i can't see 17 how; if it were deleted, gprof would be completely machine 18 independent => yup, it is 19 o are (long) option names appropriate? 20 o -k (--exclude-arc) cannot be implemented with getopt(); 21 is new syntax (-k from/to) acceptable? If not, how to 22 fix it? 23 o in the FSF output, the call-graph index now prints 24 the filename of static functions in parentheses; e.g., 25 static function foo() that is defined in file bar.c 26 would be printed as: 27 28 [4] foo (bar.c) 29 30 is this acceptable? should it be done only optionally? 31 o symbols with addresses that map back to a different 32 name are suppressed (happens with labels, for example); 33 is this acceptable? should it be done only optionally? 34 + generalize to allow arbitrary histograms (not just time histograms) 35 + basic-block information currently replaces all symbols created from 36 the core because of an ugly ordering conflict---for now, the current 37 solution works, but something cleaner is desirable ==> cleaned up, 38 but it's slower now 39 + convert to very new file format (back to trivial format, that is :) 40 + replace "dummy.h" for Alpha (if there is any use to it) 41 + add support for execution time profiling at a basic-block level 42 + fix filename-off-by-one bug for Alpha (see ~/tmp/d.[ch])---no longer 43 relevant 44 + "-pg -a" doesn't work as expected because mcleanup() will overwrite 45 the file generated by __bb_exit_func() (or vice versa) 46 + first basic-block of fac() seems to get credited to last basic-block 47 of previous function => bug in basic_blocks.c 48 + flat profile should provide automatic scaling for per-call times because 49 otherwise they'll always be zero on a fast machine with tons of small 50 functions 51 + make "-a" imply to retain line number info (without actually generating 52 the debugging information (unless -g is specified)---no, this is a 53 bad idea, because it is not clear what level of debugging info should 54 be requested (e.g., -g vs. -g3); leaving it up to the user seems best 55 + add long options support (or at least use getopt instead of ad-hoc 56 implementation) 57 + split into files according to abstract objects that are manipulated 58 + replace sccsid by rcsid & add "end of ..." to every .c file 59 + use DBG() everywhere 60 + fix spacing (" ," -> "," etc.) 61 + use DEFUNs everywhere 62 + make compile cleanly with -Wall 63 + "gcc -pg -O2" doesn't work on tecc.c unless -fno-omit-frame-pointer is 64 specified; find out why 65 + make things portable (prototypes, const, etc.) 66 + if NEW_GMON_OUT is not defined, have a flag that will allow to 67 read new gmon.out style files. The idea being that everyone 68 will use the new format for basic-block style profiling but 69 the old format for regular gpprofiling 70
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