9    Profile Feedback Data


Version Note

Profile feedback data is supported in symbol table format V3.13 and greater.


Profile feedback data is stored in entries in the optimization symbols table with tag type PPODE_PROFILE_INFO. The data contained in this section is intended for HP internal use only. It contains execution profiling feedback used by compilers and the om utility.

9.1    New or Changed Profile Feedback Data Features

No changes have been introduced to profile feedback data.

9.2    Structures, Fields, and Values for Profile Feedback Data

No structure types or enumeration values are used in representing profile feedback data.

9.3    Profile Feedback Data Usage

Profile feedback data contains relative file descriptor and local symbol table indexes. If an object tool removes, adds, or rearranges relative file descriptors or local symbol table entries it must also remove all optimization symbol table entries including the profile feedback data.