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Defining Areas for Profiling
Disabling an area
At times, it is useful to identify areas that you do not want affecting profile statistics. To do this, disable the appropriate area. Disabling effectively subtracts the
timing information of the disabled area from all profile areas that include or call
the disabled area. Areas must be marked before they can be disabled.
For example, if you have marked a function that calls a standard C function
such as malloc(), you may not want malloc() to affect the statistics for the calling function. You could mark the line that calls malloc(), and then disable the
line. This way, the profile statistics for the function would not include the statistics for malloc().
Note:
If you disable an area after you have already collected statistics on it, that
information will be lost.
The easiest way to disable an area is to click the green arrow(s) next to a
marked line, range, or function. When you do so, the arrow(s) becomes white:
This range is still marked, but it
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You can also disable an area by using the Profile Marking dialog box:
1) Open the Profile Marking dialog box by using one of these methods:
- From the Profile menu, select Select Areas.
- From the context menu for the Profile window, select Select Areas.
This displays the Profile Marking dialog box.
2) In the Level box, select C, Assembly, or Both.
3) In the Area box, select Lines, Ranges, Functions, or All areas. See
Table 8–3 on page 8-13 for a list of valid combinations.
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