`gprof` time spent in particular lines of code

Question

I\'ve been using the gprof profiler in conjunction with g++.

I have a function in my code which encapsulates several sections of behaviour whic

Answer 1

If you are using linux, then you can use linux perf instead of gprof, as described here:

http://code.google.com/p/jrfonseca/wiki/Gprof2Dot#linux_perf

Typing perf report and selecting a function will allow you to get line-by-line information about where the CPU time is spent inside the function.