CG_ANNOTATE
Section: cg_annotate (1)
Updated: 03/19/2021
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NAME
cg_annotate - post-processing tool for Cachegrind
SYNOPSIS
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cg_annotate [options] cachegrind-out-file [source-files...]
DESCRIPTION
cg_annotate
takes an output file produced by the Valgrind tool Cachegrind and prints the information in an easy-to-read form.
OPTIONS
-h --help
-
Show the help message.
--version
-
Show the version number.
--show=A,B,C [default: all, using order in cachegrind.out.<pid>]
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Specifies which events to show (and the column order). Default is to use all present in the
cachegrind.out.<pid>
file (and use the order in the file). Useful if you want to concentrate on, for example, I cache misses (--show=I1mr,ILmr), or data read misses (--show=D1mr,DLmr), or LL data misses (--show=DLmr,DLmw). Best used in conjunction with
--sort.
--sort=A,B,C [default: order in cachegrind.out.<pid>]
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Specifies the events upon which the sorting of the function-by-function entries will be based.
--threshold=X [default: 0.1%]
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Sets the threshold for the function-by-function summary. A function is shown if it accounts for more than X% of the counts for the primary sort event. If auto-annotating, also affects which files are annotated.
Note: thresholds can be set for more than one of the events by appending any events for the
--sort
option with a colon and a number (no spaces, though). E.g. if you want to see each function that covers more than 1% of LL read misses or 1% of LL write misses, use this option:
--sort=DLmr:1,DLmw:1
--show-percs=<no|yes> [default: yes]
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When enabled, a percentage is printed next to all event counts. This helps gauge the relative importance of each function and line.
--auto=<no|yes> [default: yes]
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When enabled, automatically annotates every file that is mentioned in the function-by-function summary that can be found. Also gives a list of those that couldn't be found.
--context=N [default: 8]
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Print N lines of context before and after each annotated line. Avoids printing large sections of source files that were not executed. Use a large number (e.g. 100000) to show all source lines.
-I<dir> --include=<dir> [default: none]
-
Adds a directory to the list in which to search for files. Multiple
-I/--include
options can be given to add multiple directories.
SEE ALSO
valgrind(1),
$INSTALL/share/doc/valgrind/html/index.html
or
http://www.valgrind.org/docs/manual/index.html.
AUTHOR
Nicholas Nethercote.