[linuxtools-dev] Gcov and Gprof plugins

[Renato Stoffalette Joao <rsjoao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi guys.

I have been trying to work on a remote implementation for Gcov and Gprof
plugins but I have some doubts I'd like to clarify.
Why do Gprof and Gcov plugins parse the (gmon.out,*.gcda,*.gcno) files
directly instead of running a "Process" like Valgrind and Oprofile do,
for instance ?
Are there advantages/disadvantages of running the plugins that way
instead of calling the binaries from OS with the command line
arguments ?


Thanks 

Renato