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diff --git a/man3/profil.3 b/man3/profil.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 6bdb2e3..0000000 --- a/man3/profil.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,94 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" Modified Fri Jun 23 01:35:19 1995 Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> -.\" (prompted by Bas V. de Bakker <bas@phys.uva.nl>) -.\" Corrected (and moved to man3), 980612, aeb -.TH profil 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -profil \- execution time profile -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <unistd.h> -.P -.BI "int profil(unsigned short *" buf ", size_t " bufsiz , -.BI " size_t " offset ", unsigned int " scale ); -.P -.fi -.RS -4 -Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see -.BR feature_test_macros (7)): -.RE -.P -.BR profil (): -.nf - Since glibc 2.21: -.\" commit 266865c0e7b79d4196e2cc393693463f03c90bd8 - _DEFAULT_SOURCE - In glibc 2.19 and 2.20: - _DEFAULT_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500) - Up to and including glibc 2.19: - _BSD_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500) -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -This routine provides a means to find out in what areas your program -spends most of its time. -The argument -.I buf -points to -.I bufsiz -bytes of core. -Every virtual 10 milliseconds, the user's program counter (PC) -is examined: -.I offset -is subtracted and the result is multiplied by -.I scale -and divided by 65536. -If the resulting value is less than -.IR bufsiz , -then the corresponding entry in -.I buf -is incremented. -If -.I buf -is NULL, profiling is disabled. -.SH RETURN VALUE -Zero is always returned. -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR profil () -T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -None. -.SH HISTORY -Similar to a call in SVr4. -.SH BUGS -.BR profil () -cannot be used on a program that also uses -.B ITIMER_PROF -interval timers (see -.BR setitimer (2)). -.P -True kernel profiling provides more accurate results. -.\" Libc 4.4 contained a kernel patch providing a system call profil. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR gprof (1), -.BR sprof (1), -.BR setitimer (2), -.BR sigaction (2), -.BR signal (2) |