Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:33:14 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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In-reply-to: <36F23B23.658E8FB3@mpx.com.au> (message from Daniel on Fri, 19
	Mar 1999 21:55:16 +1000)
Subject: Re: mcount?  [gprof question]
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>   i was using gprof for the first time today , and it had information
> regarding a function.. mcount.  also, this function was given an index
> number using (), rather than [].  it certainly isn't a function that i
> called.. issit called by the libc routines?

gcc embeds calls to mcount at certain points in each function.  It's
not something you call yourself.

> PS: oh one other thing.. my program spends over 40% of its time in
> __dpmi_int.  do the stdio functions use software interrupts??  [my
> program is I/O heavy]

Yes.