Using Function Instrumentation with the Application Profiler

When you profile a project, you can choose Function Instrumentation to obtain detailed information about the functions within your application. Each function entry and exit is instrumented with a call. The purpose of this is to record the entry and exit time of each function and call sequence.

The profiling options available to you are:


Related concepts
Using Sampling and Call Count instrumentation mode
Using Function Instrumentation mode for a single application
Using Function Instrumentation in the System Profiler
Comparing profiles
Related tasks
Creating an Application Profiler session
Creating a profiler session by importing profiler data
Profiling a single-threaded application
Profiling a running process for an existing project
Using postmortem profiling for Call Count and Sampling
Postmortem profiling
Running an instrumented binary with profiling from a command prompt (Function Instrumentation mode)
Taking a snapshot of a profiling session