Quote: gprof uses call site as primary hash key and callee address as secondary key; 5-30% overhead; no planning required

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[At procedure entry, gprof counts the caller-callee arc in a two-level hash table.] We use the call site as the … [We allocated] enough space … to allow a one-to-one mapping from call site … [p. 57] [gprof] can be compiled into the program … to the program being profiled, produces no additional … environment.   Google-1   Google-2

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