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     30  * ---
     31  * Author: Sanjay Ghemawat
     32  *
     33  * Module for CPU profiling based on periodic pc-sampling.
     34  *
     35  * For full(er) information, see doc/cpuprofile.html
     36  *
     37  * This module is linked into your program with
     38  * no slowdown caused by this unless you activate the profiler
     39  * using one of the following methods:
     40  *
     41  *    1. Before starting the program, set the environment variable
     42  *       "PROFILE" to be the name of the file to which the profile
     43  *       data should be written.
     44  *
     45  *    2. Programmatically, start and stop the profiler using the
     46  *       routines "ProfilerStart(filename)" and "ProfilerStop()".
     47  *
     48  *
     49  * (Note: if using linux 2.4 or earlier, only the main thread may be
     50  * profiled.)
     51  *
     52  * Use pprof to view the resulting profile output.
     53  *    % pprof <path_to_executable> <profile_file_name>
     54  *    % pprof --gv  <path_to_executable> <profile_file_name>
     55  *
     56  * These functions are thread-safe.
     57  */
     58 
     59 #ifndef BASE_PROFILER_H_
     60 #define BASE_PROFILER_H_
     61 
     62 #include <time.h>       /* For time_t */
     63 
     64 /* Annoying stuff for windows; makes sure clients can import these functions */
     65 #ifndef PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL
     66 # ifdef _WIN32
     67 #   define PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL  __declspec(dllimport)
     68 # else
     69 #   define PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL
     70 # endif
     71 #endif
     72 
     73 /* All this code should be usable from within C apps. */
     74 #ifdef __cplusplus
     75 extern "C" {
     76 #endif
     77 
     78 /* Profiler options, for use with ProfilerStartWithOptions.  To use:
     79  *
     80  *   struct ProfilerOptions options;
     81  *   memset(&options, 0, sizeof options);
     82  *
     83  * then fill in fields as needed.
     84  *
     85  * This structure is intended to be usable from C code, so no constructor
     86  * is provided to initialize it.  (Use memset as described above).
     87  */
     88 struct ProfilerOptions {
     89   /* Filter function and argument.
     90    *
     91    * If filter_in_thread is not NULL, when a profiling tick is delivered
     92    * the profiler will call:
     93    *
     94    *   (*filter_in_thread)(filter_in_thread_arg)
     95    *
     96    * If it returns nonzero, the sample will be included in the profile.
     97    * Note that filter_in_thread runs in a signal handler, so must be
     98    * async-signal-safe.
     99    *
    100    * A typical use would be to set up filter results for each thread
    101    * in the system before starting the profiler, then to make
    102    * filter_in_thread be a very simple function which retrieves those
    103    * results in an async-signal-safe way.  Retrieval could be done
    104    * using thread-specific data, or using a shared data structure that
    105    * supports async-signal-safe lookups.
    106    */
    107   int (*filter_in_thread)(void *arg);
    108   void *filter_in_thread_arg;
    109 };
    110 
    111 /* Start profiling and write profile info into fname, discarding any
    112  * existing profiling data in that file.
    113  *
    114  * This is equivalent to calling ProfilerStartWithOptions(fname, NULL).
    115  */
    116 PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL int ProfilerStart(const char* fname);
    117 
    118 /* Start profiling and write profile into fname, discarding any
    119  * existing profiling data in that file.
    120  *
    121  * The profiler is configured using the options given by 'options'.
    122  * Options which are not specified are given default values.
    123  *
    124  * 'options' may be NULL, in which case all are given default values.
    125  *
    126  * Returns nonzero if profiling was started sucessfully, or zero else.
    127  */
    128 PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL int ProfilerStartWithOptions(
    129     const char *fname, const struct ProfilerOptions *options);
    130 
    131 /* Stop profiling. Can be started again with ProfilerStart(), but
    132  * the currently accumulated profiling data will be cleared.
    133  */
    134 PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL void ProfilerStop();
    135 
    136 /* Flush any currently buffered profiling state to the profile file.
    137  * Has no effect if the profiler has not been started.
    138  */
    139 PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL void ProfilerFlush();
    140 
    141 
    142 /* DEPRECATED: these functions were used to enable/disable profiling
    143  * in the current thread, but no longer do anything.
    144  */
    145 PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL void ProfilerEnable();
    146 PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL void ProfilerDisable();
    147 
    148 /* Returns nonzero if profile is currently enabled, zero if it's not. */
    149 PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL int ProfilingIsEnabledForAllThreads();
    150 
    151 /* Routine for registering new threads with the profiler.
    152  */
    153 PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL void ProfilerRegisterThread();
    154 
    155 /* Stores state about profiler's current status into "*state". */
    156 struct ProfilerState {
    157   int    enabled;             /* Is profiling currently enabled? */
    158   time_t start_time;          /* If enabled, when was profiling started? */
    159   char   profile_name[1024];  /* Name of profile file being written, or '\0' */
    160   int    samples_gathered;    /* Number of samples gathered so far (or 0) */
    161 };
    162 PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL void ProfilerGetCurrentState(struct ProfilerState* state);
    163 
    164 #ifdef __cplusplus
    165 }  // extern "C"
    166 #endif
    167 
    168 #endif  /* BASE_PROFILER_H_ */
    169