aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorEike Ziller <eike.ziller@theqtcompany.com>2015-08-20 13:23:06 +0200
committerEike Ziller <eike.ziller@theqtcompany.com>2015-08-20 13:23:13 +0200
commit8eaaef96aa55c10f00b429c3e6ade8d8be568141 (patch)
tree33ff4239b1523d5f145d0ec5681716859f276e4c /doc
parent2f781ac28083bc06b549ce69335b4c7901cde61d (diff)
parent0173c638537e9a53a439ec4be5a9ab7b10a27a79 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/3.5'
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/analyze/cpu-usage-analyzer.qdoc16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/analyze/cpu-usage-analyzer.qdoc b/doc/src/analyze/cpu-usage-analyzer.qdoc
index 095cc7fe4c..8025f47159 100644
--- a/doc/src/analyze/cpu-usage-analyzer.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/analyze/cpu-usage-analyzer.qdoc
@@ -198,14 +198,14 @@
As the Perf tool only provides periodic samples, the CPU Usage Analyzer
cannot determine the exact time when a function was called or when it
- returned. You can, however, see exactly when a sample was taken on the
+ returned. You can, however, see exactly when a sample was taken in the
second row of each thread. The CPU Usage Analyzer assumes that if the same
- function is present in the same place in the call chain in multiple samples
- on a row, then this represents a single call to the respective function.
- This is, of course, a simplification. Also, there may be other functions
- being called between the samples taken, which do not show up in the profile
- data. However, statistically, the data is likely to show the functions that
- spend the most CPU time most prominently.
+ function is present at the same place in the call chain in multiple
+ consecutive samples, then this represents a single call to the respective
+ function. This is, of course, a simplification. Also, there may be other
+ functions being called between the samples taken, which do not show up in
+ the profile data. However, statistically, the data is likely to show the
+ functions that spend the most CPU time most prominently.
If a function without debug information is encountered, further unwinding
of the stack may fail. Unwinding will also fail if a QML or JavaScript
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
Start Board and SILICA Architect Tibidabo, are correctly set up for
profiling in the dwarf mode. For other devices, check whether Perf can read
back its own data in a sensible way by checking the output of
- \c {perf report} or \c {perf script} in the recorded Perf data files.
+ \c {perf report} or \c {perf script} for the recorded Perf data files.
\section1 Troubleshooting