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<h2>13.3 Gprof produces garbled profile</h2>

<p><em><strong>Q</strong>: Whenever I compile my programs with <code>-pg</code>, the profile
produced by <code>Gprof</code> shows that 100% of the run time is spent in
a single function, and the rest of the code gets 0% of time.  Huh??</em>

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<p><strong>A</strong>:  This is due to a bug in the library shipped with DJGPP v2.02:
the module which handles timers works incorrectly.  (The same bug is
responsible for problems with library functions <code>setitimer</code> and
<code>alarm</code>.)  The solution is to upgrade to DJGPP v2.03 where these
bugs are solved.  Relink your program with the v2.03 library, then rerun
it, and <code>Gprof</code> will show reasonable results.

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