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pathnames are listed unescaped in /proc/[pid]/maps, so using %s as the
conversion specifier cuts pathnames off at space characters. Use %[^\n]
instead, to read everything until the end of the line.
Also, the scanf manpage states: "String input conversions store a
terminating null byte ('\0') to mark the end of the input; the maximum
field width does not include this terminator". So set the maximum field
width to 511 instead of 512, to leave one free byte in the buffer for
the terminating null byte.
Fixes #70
Sysprof is a sampling profiler that uses a kernel module to generate stacktraces which are then interpreted by the userspace program "sysprof".
See the Sysprof homepage for more information.
Merge requests and bug reports should be sent to sysprof's repository on GNOME's GitLab instance. For general discussion and questions, you can create a new topic in GNOME's Discourse.
The former mailing list is archived in https://mail.gnome.org/archives/sysprof-list/.
Debugging symbols
The programs and libraries you want to profile should be compiled
with -fno-omit-frame-pointer and have debugging symbols available,
or you won't get much usable information.
Building Sysprof
You need some packages installed. The package names may vary depending on your distribution, the following command works on Fedora 25:
sudo dnf install gcc gcc-c++ ninja-build gtk3-devel
Then do the following:
meson --prefix=/usr build
cd build
ninja
sudo ninja install
WARNING: ninja install will mostly install under the configured install
prefix but installs systemd service configuration directly in the system
default location /usr/lib/systemd so it won't work without root privileges,
even if the install prefix is a user-owned directory.