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1 /* Code to enable profiling at program startup.
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34 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
36 #include <sys/types.h>
37 #include <sys/gmon.h>
38 #include <stdlib.h>
39 #include <unistd.h>
40 #include <elf-initfini.h>
41 #define __ASSEMBLY__
42 #include <entry.h>
44 /* Beginning and end of our code segment. We cannot declare them
45 as the external functions since we want the addresses of those
46 labels. Taking the address of a function may have different
47 meanings on different platforms. */
48 #ifdef ENTRY_POINT_DECL
49 ENTRY_POINT_DECL(extern)
50 #else
51 extern char ENTRY_POINT[];
52 #endif
53 extern char etext[];
55 #ifndef TEXT_START
56 # ifdef ENTRY_POINT_DECL
57 # define TEXT_START ENTRY_POINT
58 # else
59 # define TEXT_START &ENTRY_POINT
60 # endif
61 #endif
63 #if !ELF_INITFINI
64 /* Instead of defining __gmon_start__ globally in gcrt1.o, we make it
65 static and just put a pointer to it into the .preinit_array
66 section. */
67 # define GMON_START_ARRAY_SECTION ".preinit_array"
68 #endif
70 #ifdef GMON_START_ARRAY_SECTION
71 static void __gmon_start__ (void);
72 static void (*const gmon_start_initializer) (void)
73 __attribute__ ((used, section (GMON_START_ARRAY_SECTION))) = &__gmon_start__;
74 static
75 #else
76 /* We cannot use the normal constructor mechanism to call
77 __gmon_start__ because gcrt1.o appears before crtbegin.o in the link.
78 Instead crti.o calls it specially. */
79 extern void __gmon_start__ (void);
80 #endif
82 void
83 __gmon_start__ (void)
85 /* Protect from being called more than once. Since crti.o is linked
86 into every shared library, each of their init functions will call us. */
87 static int called;
89 if (called)
90 return;
92 called = 1;
94 /* Start keeping profiling records. */
95 __monstartup ((u_long) TEXT_START, (u_long) &etext);
97 /* Call _mcleanup before exiting; it will write out gmon.out from the
98 collected data. */
99 atexit (&_mcleanup);