1/* Code to enable profiling at program startup.
2 Copyright (C) 1995-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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35
36#include <sys/types.h>
37#include <sys/gmon.h>
38#include <stdlib.h>
39#include <unistd.h>
40#include <elf-initfini.h>
41
42/* Use __executable_start as the lowest address to keep profiling records
43 if it provided by the linker. */
44extern const char __executable_start[] __attribute__ ((visibility ("hidden")));
45
46extern char etext[];
47
48#if !ELF_INITFINI
49/* Instead of defining __gmon_start__ globally in gcrt1.o, we make it
50 static and just put a pointer to it into the .preinit_array
51 section. */
52# define GMON_START_ARRAY_SECTION ".preinit_array"
53#endif
54
55#ifdef GMON_START_ARRAY_SECTION
56static void __gmon_start__ (void);
57static void (*const gmon_start_initializer) (void)
58 __attribute__ ((used, section (GMON_START_ARRAY_SECTION))) = &__gmon_start__;
59static
60#else
61/* We cannot use the normal constructor mechanism to call
62 __gmon_start__ because gcrt1.o appears before crtbegin.o in the link.
63 Instead crti.o calls it specially. */
64extern void __gmon_start__ (void);
65#endif
66
67void
68__gmon_start__ (void)
69{
70 /* Protect from being called more than once. Since crti.o is linked
71 into every shared library, each of their init functions will call us. */
72 static int called;
73
74 if (called)
75 return;
76
77 called = 1;
78
79 /* Start keeping profiling records. */
80 __monstartup (lowpc: (u_long) &__executable_start, highpc: (u_long) &etext);
81
82 /* Call _mcleanup before exiting; it will write out gmon.out from the
83 collected data. */
84 atexit (func: &_mcleanup);
85}
86

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