glibc/csu/gmon-start.c

/* Code to enable profiling at program startup.
Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/gmon.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

/* Beginning and end of our code segment.  */
extern void _start (void), etext (void);

#ifndef HAVE_INITFINI
/* This function gets called at startup by the normal constructor
   mechanism.  We link this file together with start.o to produce gcrt1.o,
   so this constructor will be first in the list.  */

void __gmon_start__ (void) __attribute__ ((constructor));
#else
/* In ELF and COFF, we cannot use the normal constructor mechanism to call
   __gmon_start__ because gcrt1.o appears before crtbegin.o in the link.
   Instead crti.o calls it specially (see initfini.c).  */
#endif

void
__gmon_start__ (void)
{
  /* Start keeping profiling records.  */
  monstartup ((u_long) &_start, (u_long) &etext);

  /* Call _mcleanup before exitting; it will write out gmon.out from the
     collected data.  */
  atexit (&_mcleanup);
}