bionic (1) callgrind_control.1.gz

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NAME

       callgrind_control - observe and control programs being run by Callgrind

SYNOPSIS

       callgrind_control [options] [pid|program-name...]

DESCRIPTION

       callgrind_control controls programs being run by the Valgrind tool Callgrind. When a pid/program name
       argument is not specified, all applications currently being run by Callgrind on this system will be used
       for actions given by the specified option(s). The default action is to give some brief information about
       the applications being run by Callgrind.

OPTIONS

       -h --help
           Show a short description, usage, and summary of options.

       --version
           Show version of callgrind_control.

       -l --long
           Show also the working directory, in addition to the brief information given by default.

       -s --stat
           Show statistics information about active Callgrind runs.

       -b --back
           Show stack/back traces of each thread in active Callgrind runs. For each active function in the stack
           trace, also the number of invocations since program start (or last dump) is shown. This option can be
           combined with -e to show inclusive cost of active functions.

       -e [A,B,...]  (default: all)
           Show the current per-thread, exclusive cost values of event counters. If no explicit event names are
           given, figures for all event types which are collected in the given Callgrind run are shown.
           Otherwise, only figures for event types A, B, ... are shown. If this option is combined with -b,
           inclusive cost for the functions of each active stack frame is provided, too.

       --dump[=<desc>]  (default: no description)
           Request the dumping of profile information. Optionally, a description can be specified which is
           written into the dump as part of the information giving the reason which triggered the dump action.
           This can be used to distinguish multiple dumps.

       -z --zero
           Zero all event counters.

       -k --kill
           Force a Callgrind run to be terminated.

       --instr=<on|off>
           Switch instrumentation mode on or off. If a Callgrind run has instrumentation disabled, no simulation
           is done and no events are counted. This is useful to skip uninteresting program parts, as there is
           much less slowdown (same as with the Valgrind tool "none"). See also the Callgrind option
           --instr-atstart.

       --vgdb-prefix=<prefix>
           Specify the vgdb prefix to use by callgrind_control. callgrind_control internally uses vgdb to find
           and control the active Callgrind runs. If the --vgdb-prefix option was used for launching valgrind,
           then the same option must be given to callgrind_control.

SEE ALSO

       valgrind(1), $INSTALL/share/doc/valgrind/html/index.html or
       http://www.valgrind.org/docs/manual/index.html.

AUTHOR

       Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>.