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JNpederzani · Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 1

Hello,

I've been trying for a while now, but don't seem to find a way. Let's say I have a subroutine A that is called by subroutine B and C. At the moment using pgprof I'm able to show the total cost for A but not divided in the two categories cost while called from B and cost while called from C. I've tried compiling with almost all flags, and I've read to PGI_tools guide, and the is no direct reference to this feature, so I'm thinking that maybe it's not possible.

Thanks for you help

Jean-Noel

mkcolg · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject:

Hi Jean-Noel,

While PGPROF doesn't support call graph profiling, gprof (Linux) and CodeAnylst (Windows) do.

For gprof, compile your code using the PGI compilers and the "-pg" flag to instrument the binary with gprof-style profiling. After you run your binary, a "gmon.out" file will be created and can be used with the gprof utility.

CodeAnalyst can be found at http://developer.amd.com/cawin.jsp.

Hope this helps,
Mat

PeteBradley · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 11

+1 for wanting this feature directly in pgprof. It can be really important for big codes.

Pete

mkcolg · Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:17 am Post subject:

Hi Pete,

I sent a note to our lead tools engineer about this request. He said that we do have "callpath" profiling on list of future enhancements but so far there has been only a few requests for it. He'll see if he can give it a higher priority but it still may be a ways away.

- Mat

El Depurador · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 1

I would like to second PeteBradley's request.
As a user of a big code, I could sure use this feature!

Cheers,
Jon