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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/profil.2 b/lib/libc/sys/profil.2 deleted file mode 100644 index cdaa32a7f939..000000000000 --- a/lib/libc/sys/profil.2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by -.\" Donn Seeley of BSDI. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)profil.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" $FreeBSD$ -.\" -.Dd December 1, 2017 -.Dt PROFIL 2 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm profil -.Nd control process profiling -.Sh LIBRARY -.Lb libc -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.In unistd.h -.Ft int -.Fn profil "char *samples" "size_t size" "vm_offset_t offset" "int scale" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Fn profil -system call enables or disables -program counter profiling of the current process. -If profiling is enabled, -then at every profiling clock tick, -the kernel updates an appropriate count in the -.Fa samples -buffer. -The frequency of the profiling clock is recorded -in the header in the profiling output file. -.Pp -The buffer -.Fa samples -contains -.Fa size -bytes and is divided into -a series of 16-bit bins. -Each bin counts the number of times the program counter -was in a particular address range in the process -when a profiling clock tick occurred while profiling was enabled. -For a given program counter address, -the number of the corresponding bin is given -by the relation: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -[(pc - offset) / 2] * scale / 65536 -.Ed -.Pp -The -.Fa offset -argument is the lowest address at which -the kernel takes program counter samples. -The -.Fa scale -argument ranges from 1 to 65536 and -can be used to change the span of the bins. -A scale of 65536 maps each bin to 2 bytes of address range; -a scale of 32768 gives 4 bytes, 16384 gives 8 bytes and so on. -Intermediate values provide approximate intermediate ranges. -A -.Fa scale -value of 0 disables profiling. -.Sh RETURN VALUES -.Rv -std profil -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /usr/lib/gcrt0.o -compact -.It Pa /usr/lib/gcrt0.o -profiling C run-time startup file -.It Pa gmon.out -conventional name for profiling output file -.El -.Sh ERRORS -The following error may be reported: -.Bl -tag -width Er -.It Bq Er EFAULT -The buffer -.Fa samples -contains an invalid address. -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr gprof 1 -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Fn profil -function appeared in -.At v6 . -.Sh BUGS -This routine should be named -.Fn profile . -.Pp -The -.Fa samples -argument should really be a vector of type -.Fa "unsigned short" . -.Pp -The format of the gmon.out file is undocumented. |