24.16.3. gem5 prof and perf builds

Profiling builds as of 3cea7d9ce49bda49c50e756339ff1287fd55df77 both use: -g -O3 and disable asserts and logging like the gem5 fast build and:

  • prof uses -pg for gprof

  • perf uses -lprofile for google-pprof

Profiling techniques are discussed in more detail at: Profiling userland programs.

For the prof build, you can get the gmon.out file with:

./run --arch aarch64 --emulator gem5 --userland userland/c/hello.c --gem5-build-type prof
gprof "$(./getvar --arch aarch64 gem5_executable)" > tmp.gprof