Re: libc/1427: gprof does not profile threads <synopsis of the problem

Daniel Phillips (phillips@bonn-fries.net)
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:58:11 +0100


On March 14, 2002 02:08 am, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> > Kernel support is not needed for this, do it in user space. Or prove it
> > has to be in kernel space
>
> I'm all in favor of a userspace fix. I suggested a patch
> to glibc to fix this. Ulrich rejected it; I'm trying
> to coax out of him how he thinks profiling of multithreaded
> programs on Linux should be fixed.

I find it odd he vetoed your fix and didn't suggest an alternative.

/me checks to make sure this is cc'd to Ulrich.

-- 
Daniel
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