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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 36cb37f..77360d0 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -14458,6 +14458,24 @@ cooked-registers} includes the (cooked) value of all registers. Takes an optional file parameter. +@kindex maint set profile +@kindex maint show profile +@cindex profiling GDB +@item maint set profile +@itemx maint show profile +Control profiling of @value{GDBN}. + +Profiling will be disabled until you use the @samp{maint set profile} +command to enable it. When you enable profiling, the system will begin +collecting timing and execution count data; when you disable profiling or +exit @value{GDBN}, the results will be written to a log file. Remember that +if you use profiling, @value{GDBN} will overwrite the profiling log file +(often called @file{gmon.out}). If you have a record of important profiling +data in a @file{gmon.out} file, be sure to move it to a safe location. + +Configuring with @samp{--enable-profiling} arranges for @value{GDBN} to be +compiled with the @samp{-pg} compiler option. + @end table |