Re: [linuxtools-dev] cachegrind

[Xavier Raynaud <xavier.raynaud@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/26/2012 04:33 PM, Daniel HB wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 11:24 -0300, Rafael M Teixeira wrote:
> > Some plugins (most of Valgrind tools, gprof and gcov, for example)
> > rely
> > on the original binary to display info in the view, such as line
> > numbers
> > and function names. This means we would have to whether save a
> > snapshot
> > of the profiled binary along with profile results or get all the info
> > we
> > need from the binary and save it.
>
> That's a valid concern.

gprof and gcov plugin just verify if the binary file is newer than 
profiling file, and emit a warning in this case.

According to my users, it's enough.
(Users will save themself the binary file if needed).

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