binutils-gdb/gprof/TODO
Ian Lance Taylor c3de2a19e8 Tue Feb 3 14:25:25 1998 Brent Baccala <baccala@freesoft.org>
Make it possible to build a cross gprof, although a few cases are
	still not handled:
	* configure.in: Don't set MY_TARGET.
	* gprof.h: Don't include MACHINE_H.  Don't define FOPEN_RB or
	FOPEN_WB; just get them from sysdep.h.
	* core.h (min_insn_size, offset_to_code): Declare.
	* core.c (MIN_INSN_SIZE): Don't define.
	(min_insn_size, offset_to_code): New variables.
	(core_init): Initialize min_insn_size and offset_to_code.
	(find_call): New function.
	(core_create_line_syms): Don't use min_dist.  Set is_static in
	pass 2.
	* hist.c (UNITS_TO_CODE): Define.
	* gprof.c (default_excluded_list): Add "__mcount_internal".
	* gmon.h: Change TARGET_alpha to __alpha__.
	* hertz.h: Ifdef MACH, define hertz as HZ.
	* alpha.c (alpha_Instruction): Rename from Instruction.  Change
	all references.
	(alpha_find_call): Rename from find_call.
	* alpha.h: Remove.
	* dummy.c, dummy.h: Remove.
	* i386.c (i386_iscall): Rename from iscall.  Change all
	references.  Check for call instruction, not jump or lcall.
	(i386_find_call): Rename from find_call.  Correct for VMA.
	Correct call destination computation.  Don't dereference symbol if
	it is NULL.
	* i386.h: Remove.
	* ns532.c, ns532.h: Remove.
	* sparc.c (CALL): Define.
	(sparc_find_call): Rename from find_call.
	* sparc.h: Remove.
	* tahoe.c: Include cg_arcs.h, core.h, hist.h, and symtab.h.  Don't
	include time_host.h.
	(CALLF, PC): Define.
	(enum tahoe_opermodes, tahoe_operandenum): Define.  Rename all
	references to opermodes or operandenum to these.
	(tahoe_operandmode): Rename from operandmode.  Call abort if
	switch does not return.
	(tahoe_operandname): Rename from operandname.  Call abort if
	switch does not return.
	(tahoe_operandlength): Rename from operandlength.  Call abort if
	switch does not return.
	(tahoe_reladdr): Rename from reladdr.
	(tahoe_find_call): Rename from find_call.  Use core_text_space
	rather than textspace.
	* tahoe.h: Remove.
	* vax.c (CALLS, PC): Define.
	(enum opermodes, operandenum, struct modebyte): Define.
	(vax_operandmode): Rename from operandmode.  Call abort if switch
	does not return.
	(vax_operandname): Rename from operandname.  Call abort if switch
	does not return.
	(vax_operandlength): Rename from operandlength.  Call abort if
	switch does not return.
	(vax_reladdr): Rename from reladdr.
	(vax_find_call): Rename from find_call.
	* vax.h: Remove.
	* Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Set to cygnus.
	(MY_TARGET): Remove.
	(INCLUDES): Remove -DTARGET_$(MY_TARGET) and -DMACHINE_H=
	\"$(MY_TARGET).h\".
	(gprof_SOURCES): Add i386.c, alpha.c, vax.c, tahoe.c, sparc.c.
	(gprof_DEPENDENCIES): Remove $(MY_TARGET).o.
	(gprof_LDADD): Likewise.
	(noinst_HEADERS): Remove alpha.h, i386.h, ns532.h, sparc.h,
	tahoe.h, vax.h, dummy.h.
	(EXTRA_DIST): Remove alpha.c, i386.c, ns532.c, sparc.c, tahoe.c,
	vax.c, dummy.c.
	($(OBJECTS)): Don't depend upon $(MY_TARGET).h.
	($(MY_TARGET).o): Remove target.
	(i386.o, alpha.o, vax.o, tahoe.o, sparc.o): New targets.
	* configure, Makefile.in, aclocal.m4: Rebuild.
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- gmon_io.c cannot deal with target architecture that have a pointer size
that is different from the host architectures pointer size---fix this
(gmon_out.h, and gmon_io.c)
- add support for prof file format so that prof files can be displayed
at the line-level (this is useful for the uprofile tool under DEC's
OSF/1)
- take a hard look at --file-ordering (broken) and --function-ordering
+ documentation
+ optimize bfd_find_nearest_line_num() (or replace by different interface)
+ cleanup _bfd_ecoff_find_nearest_line_num() fixes & description
+ ensure "cc -pg" produces good files under OSF/1 v3.0
+ make sure gprof works together with OSF/1 v3.0's profiling libraries
+ implement symtab_parse(); modify sym_lookup() to consider addr_high
+ change gprof.c to collect lists, then invoke symtab_parse() for
each list
+ Questions:
o is -c (--static-call-graph) useful at all? i can't see
how; if it were deleted, gprof would be completely machine
independent => yup, it is
o are (long) option names appropriate?
o -k (--exclude-arc) cannot be implemented with getopt();
is new syntax (-k from/to) acceptable? If not, how to
fix it?
o in the FSF output, the call-graph index now prints
the filename of static functions in parentheses; e.g.,
static function foo() that is defined in file bar.c
would be printed as:
[4] foo (bar.c)
is this acceptable? should it be done only optionally?
o symbols with addresses that map back to a different
name are suppressed (happens with labels, for example);
is this acceptable? should it be done only optionally?
+ generalize to allow arbitrary histograms (not just time histograms)
+ basic-block information currently replaces all symbols created from
the core because of an ugly ordering conflict---for now, the current
solution works, but something cleaner is desirable ==> cleaned up,
but it's slower now
+ convert to very new file format (back to trivial format, that is :)
+ replace "dummy.h" for Alpha (if there is any use to it)
+ add support for execution time profiling at a basic-block level
+ fix filename-off-by-one bug for Alpha (see ~/tmp/d.[ch])---no longer
relevant
+ "-pg -a" doesn't work as expected because mcleanup() will overwrite
the file generated by __bb_exit_func() (or vice versa)
+ first basic-block of fac() seems to get credited to last basic-block
of previous function => bug in basic_blocks.c
+ flat profile should provide automatic scaling for per-call times because
otherwise they'll always be zero on a fast machine with tons of small
functions
+ make "-a" imply to retain line number info (without actually generating
the debugging information (unless -g is specified)---no, this is a
bad idea, because it is not clear what level of debugging info should
be requested (e.g., -g vs. -g3); leaving it up to the user seems best
+ add long options support (or at least use getopt instead of ad-hoc
implementation)
+ split into files according to abstract objects that are manipulated
+ replace sccsid by rcsid & add "end of ..." to every .c file
+ use DBG() everywhere
+ fix spacing (" ," -> "," etc.)
+ use DEFUNs everywhere
+ make compile cleanly with -Wall
+ "gcc -pg -O2" doesn't work on tecc.c unless -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
specified; find out why
+ make things portable (prototypes, const, etc.)
+ if NEW_GMON_OUT is not defined, have a flag that will allow to
read new gmon.out style files. The idea being that everyone
will use the new format for basic-block style profiling but
the old format for regular gpprofiling