Re: HELP: GCC Passes and Files

[<perugupa at csee dot wvu dot edu>]

Hi Jim,
  thank you very much for the information.it helps me a lot.and I have a
  question regarding sampling time in gprof."how to change the sampling
  time in gprof to get reasonable numbers in self seconds colomn ?"
  sorry for asking this here but i didn't get any reply from the glibc
  people.please tell me if u have idea about this.
best regards,
nath

> perugupa@csee.wvu.edu wrote:
>> builtins.c
>
> built-in function support.  Used by several language front ends,
> primarly C/C++.
>
>> collect2.c
>
> Linker front-end for things like C++ static constructors/destructors,
> template repositories.  Not used by all targets.  Should be considered
> part of gcc driver.
>
>> cfgbuild.c
>
> Builds a cfg.  Infrastructure used by a number of optimization passes.
>
>> enquire.c
>
> Build time only, not part of gcc binary.  Produces FP constants
> suitable  for float.h header file.  No longer used, except possibly for
> an initial  port.  Has since been deleted from code base.
>
>> diagnostic.c
>
> Prints diagnostics.  Used in multiple places.
>
>> timevar.c
>
> Prints timing info used for simple gcc profiling.  Part of compiler
> infrastructure.
>
>> sbitmap.c
>
> bitmap data structures.  Part of infrastructure.  Used in multiple
> places.
>
>> intl.c
>
> Internationalization code.  Used in multiple places, anyplace that
> parses or prints strings.
>
>> linemap.c
>
> Tracks file names and line numbers.  Used for printing diagnostics in
> the preprocessor.
>
>> mkdeps.c
>
> Makefile dependency generator.  Used in preprocessor.
>
>> params.c
>
> Used for run-time controllable parameters, cf the --parm option.
> Infrastructure used in many optimization passes.
>
>> prefix.c
>
> Used for converting file name paths, intended for Windows registry
> support, but not really used by anyone.  Infrastructure.
>
>> hash.c
>> hastab.c
>> hashtable.c
>
> hash table data structures.  Infrastructure used in multiple places.
>
>> ggc-common.c
>> ggc-none.c
>> ggc-page.c
>
> gcc garbage collector for memory management.  Infrastructure, used in
> multiple places.
> --
> Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com