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User forums => General (but related to Code::Blocks) => Topic started by: JohnCell on June 21, 2023, 05:00:50 pm

Title: Profiling with CodeBlocks
Post by: JohnCell on June 21, 2023, 05:00:50 pm

Hello guys !

I'd like to know if it's possible to use CodeBlocks (or any add-on ) for code profiling under Windows ?
I've not been able to find any tutorial.

Thanks,
John

Title: Re: Profiling with CodeBlocks
Post by: stahta01 on June 21, 2023, 06:27:46 pm

No idea if it still works.

https://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php/Code_Profiler_plugin (https://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php/Code_Profiler_plugin)

Title: Re: Profiling with CodeBlocks
Post by: nenin on June 22, 2023, 08:05:55 am

Quote from: stahta01 on June 21, 2023, 06:27:46 pm

No idea if it still works.

Last time I tried there were solid problems, but I suppose related to fresh mingw versions, not C::B.

Title: Re: Profiling with CodeBlocks
Post by: SashaGT on June 30, 2023, 07:41:20 am

Hello! I hope this isn't too late to help!

I just tested it out on one of my projects. Here are the steps I took to get it working:

• [Optional] Make a build target for profiling (Project > Properties > Build Targets).
  
• Add the -pg compiler to the build target. (I believe you'll also want -g too..)
  
• Compile the build target.
  
• Run the application. This'll create a gmon.out file in the executable's directory.
  
• Quit the application
  
• Run the profiler through Code::Blocks (Plugins > Code Profiler).
  

Code::Blocks uses gprof for profiling. You won't get nicely drawn call graphs but you could also try and using gprof more directly:

• https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/gprof-2.9.1/html_mono/gprof.html
• I'm sure there's more tutorials on gprof out there too...

I'm currently using C::B version 20.03-r11983