proc_profile(5) File Formats Manual proc_profile(5)
NAME
/proc/profile - kernel profiling
DESCRIPTION
/proc/profile (since Linux 2.4)
This file is present only if the kernel was booted with the pro-
file=1 command-line option. It exposes kernel profiling infor-
mation in a binary format for use by readprofile(1). Writing
(e.g., an empty string) to this file resets the profiling coun-
ters; on some architectures, writing a binary integer "profiling
multiplier" of size sizeof(int) sets the profiling interrupt
frequency.
SEE ALSO
proc(5)
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