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diff --git a/gprof/TODO b/gprof/TODO deleted file mode 100644 index 20111c61e74..00000000000 --- a/gprof/TODO +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ - -- gmon_io.c cannot deal with target architecture that have a pointer size - that is different from the host architectures pointer size---fix this - (gmon_out.h, and gmon_io.c) -- add support for prof file format so that prof files can be displayed - at the line-level (this is useful for the uprofile tool under DEC's - OSF/1) -- take a hard look at --file-ordering (broken) and --function-ordering - -+ documentation -+ optimize bfd_find_nearest_line_num() (or replace by different interface) -+ cleanup _bfd_ecoff_find_nearest_line_num() fixes & description -+ ensure "cc -pg" produces good files under OSF/1 v3.0 -+ make sure gprof works together with OSF/1 v3.0's profiling libraries -+ implement symtab_parse(); modify sym_lookup() to consider addr_high -+ change gprof.c to collect lists, then invoke symtab_parse() for - each list -+ Questions: - o is -c (--static-call-graph) useful at all? i can't see - how; if it were deleted, gprof would be completely machine - independent => yup, it is - o are (long) option names appropriate? - o -k (--exclude-arc) cannot be implemented with getopt(); - is new syntax (-k from/to) acceptable? If not, how to - fix it? - o in the FSF output, the call-graph index now prints - the filename of static functions in parentheses; e.g., - static function foo() that is defined in file bar.c - would be printed as: - - [4] foo (bar.c) - - is this acceptable? should it be done only optionally? - o symbols with addresses that map back to a different - name are suppressed (happens with labels, for example); - is this acceptable? should it be done only optionally? -+ generalize to allow arbitrary histograms (not just time histograms) -+ basic-block information currently replaces all symbols created from - the core because of an ugly ordering conflict---for now, the current - solution works, but something cleaner is desirable ==> cleaned up, - but it's slower now -+ convert to very new file format (back to trivial format, that is :) -+ replace "dummy.h" for Alpha (if there is any use to it) -+ add support for execution time profiling at a basic-block level -+ fix filename-off-by-one bug for Alpha (see ~/tmp/d.[ch])---no longer - relevant -+ "-pg -a" doesn't work as expected because mcleanup() will overwrite - the file generated by __bb_exit_func() (or vice versa) -+ first basic-block of fac() seems to get credited to last basic-block - of previous function => bug in basic_blocks.c -+ flat profile should provide automatic scaling for per-call times because - otherwise they'll always be zero on a fast machine with tons of small - functions -+ make "-a" imply to retain line number info (without actually generating - the debugging information (unless -g is specified)---no, this is a - bad idea, because it is not clear what level of debugging info should - be requested (e.g., -g vs. -g3); leaving it up to the user seems best -+ add long options support (or at least use getopt instead of ad-hoc - implementation) -+ split into files according to abstract objects that are manipulated -+ replace sccsid by rcsid & add "end of ..." to every .c file -+ use DBG() everywhere -+ fix spacing (" ," -> "," etc.) -+ use DEFUNs everywhere -+ make compile cleanly with -Wall -+ "gcc -pg -O2" doesn't work on tecc.c unless -fno-omit-frame-pointer is - specified; find out why -+ make things portable (prototypes, const, etc.) -+ if NEW_GMON_OUT is not defined, have a flag that will allow to - read new gmon.out style files. The idea being that everyone - will use the new format for basic-block style profiling but - the old format for regular gpprofiling |