Tag : cpp

'Very Sleepy' 0.7.2 - C++ profiler now with API

I've just posted a new release of the forked Very Sleepy code on github. Release 0.7.2 adds a first version of a DDE based API, allowing the profiled program to enable and disable capturing of profile frames. This can come in very handy for example if you want to capture only a certain section of code...

As always, the release can be downloaded here.


Enhancements to 'Very Sleepy' C++ CPU profiler

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 ...