Enhancements to 'Very Sleepy' C++ CPU profiler

Written by mhoffesommer on June 5, 2011 in C++ .

I've been using the excellent CPU sampling profiler Very Sleepy for quite a while now. The most recent version however had one serious problem for me: sporadic GetThreadContext failures that resulted in aborting the profiler.

Additionally there were some other improvements I was interested in, and since I couldn't find any public depot for the source I decided to create one at github.

The latest forked version can be downloaded here. It includes the following changes:

  • fixed the sporadic GetThreadContext-related profile abort
  • fixed symbol lookup issues if EXE is started from profiler
  • added option to pause/resume profiling ...

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A few useful bitcoin links

Written by mhoffesommer on June 4, 2011 in Bitcoin .

Sort of a reminder for myself...

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How to automatically backup your hard earned bitcoin (with python)

Written by mhoffesommer on June 4, 2011 in Bitcoin , Python .

Imagine a hard disk crash... and suddenly your hard earned bitcoins are gone! Doing a normal file system backup might not do you any good either - the wallet.dat file can not really be backed up while the Bitcoin app is running.

One solution is to use the JSON RPC call that triggers the Bitcoin app to create a 'safe copy' of the current wallet.dat file. In order to use this call you have to run the app in 'server' mode (so that it accepts RPC calls):

Then after downloading & extracting the attached zip file edit a few configuration ...

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Hello world

Written by mhoffesommer on June 4, 2011 in Other .

... is this thing on? Testing... 1.. 2.. 3... <pfft> <pfft>

I guess so :-)

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