C++ Profiling tool for Linux that works with gcc binaries

[Ameesh]

Do you guys know of any good profiling tools that work with C++ binaries built with gcc that runs on RedHat 7.2?

I'll take anything that works but the more detailed the better, i would like to be able to call out %time spent in every function including external libraryt calls.

Thanks in advance!

-Ameesh

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

gprof?

 

[Ameesh]

umm i would really like one that has a gui, i dont want to wade through MBs of text file output to figure out what part of the code is slow.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

umm I don't even code C or C++ so I named the only one I knew off the top of my head.

ccmalloc - A memory profiler/debugger
memprof - memory profiler and leak detector
kcachegrind - KDE Profiling Visualisation Tool
kprof - a KDE3 visual tool to help analyze profiling results

That's what some searching turned up, but I've never used any of them.

 

[Ameesh]

oh ok, thanks for trying.

 

[CTho9305]

gprof is the only one I know of. if you want a debugging environment that doesn't suck (in my opinion), use visual C++ on windows. unfortunately, all my CS classes use *nix. google (http://www.google.com/search?q=gprof+frontend&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&safe=off&start=10&sa=N) says kprof is a gui frontend to gprof... give that a try?

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
gprof is the only one I know of. if you want a debugging environment that doesn't suck (in my opinion), use visual C++ on windows. unfortunately, all my CS classes use *nix. google (http://www.google.com/search?q=gprof+frontend&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&safe=off&start=10&sa=N) says kprof is a gui frontend to gprof... give that a try?

Is Visual C++ any good? everyone says open source has the best software but im not sure.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: CTho9305
gprof is the only one I know of. if you want a debugging environment that doesn't suck (in my opinion), use visual C++ on windows. unfortunately, all my CS classes use *nix. google (http://www.google.com/search?q=gprof+frontend&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&safe=off&start=10&sa=N) says kprof is a gui frontend to gprof... give that a try?

Is Visual C++ any good? everyone says open source has the best software but im not sure.

What kind of question is that? Visual C++ kicks the $hit out of every opensource compiler/debugger I've seen. It's fast, and presents information very well. I've found that most of the OSS fanatics haven't actually used Visual Studio, and just like to think that gdb must be better because it's open source.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: CTho9305
gprof is the only one I know of. if you want a debugging environment that doesn't suck (in my opinion), use visual C++ on windows. unfortunately, all my CS classes use *nix. google (http://www.google.com/search?q=gprof+frontend&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&safe=off&start=10&sa=N) says kprof is a gui frontend to gprof... give that a try?

Is Visual C++ any good? everyone says open source has the best software but im not sure.

What kind of question is that? Visual C++ kicks the $hit out of every opensource compiler/debugger I've seen. It's fast, and presents information very well. I've found that most of the OSS fanatics haven't actually used Visual Studio, and just like to think that gdb must be better because it's open source.

lol i completely agree with you I actually worked on the Visual C++ team for a short stint

 

[zephyrprime]

But Visual C doesn't come with a profiler anymore.

Try Intel's VTune. I think there's a linux version of it. You might have to use the Intel C compiler also but that's no big deal since it's free for non commercial use in linux.