Re: Profiling gtkmm apps

[Michael Ekstrand <mekstran scl ameslab gov>]

On Oct 16, 2006, at 2:25 AM, Johan Kohler wrote:
> Hi,
> What is the usual (best?) way of profiling gtkmm apps?  I am not a
> seasoned programmer, and only have a vague notion of what profiling
> entails, so any info would be appreciated, whether gtkmm specific or
> not.

I've found a couple things to work well.  First, if you aren't overly  
interested in time spent in gtkmm itself, are single-threaded, and  
can statically link all your code (will still dynamically link  
against gtk libs), then just use gprof (with perhaps the kprof GUI).

A quite excellent option, if you have access to a Mac, is to use  
Shark.  If you build your app with the gtkmm in Fink or MacPorts, you  
can use Shark to do some quite nifty profiling and analysis.

Theoretically, you're supposed to be able to use oprofile for this  
kind of stuff, but I haven't found a good way to get it to provide me  
with anything meaningful.

- Michael