callgrind_annotate - Man Page

post-processing tool for the Callgrind

Synopsis

callgrind_annotate [options] [callgrind-out-file [source-files...]]

Description

callgrind_annotate takes an output file produced by the Valgrind tool Callgrind and prints the information in an easy-to-read form​.

Options

-h --help

Show summary of options​.

--version

Show version of callgrind_annotate​.

--show=A,B,C [default: all]

Only show figures for events A,B,C​.

--threshold=<0--100> [default: 99%]

Percentage of counts (of primary sort event) we are interested in​.

callgrind_annotate stops printing functions when the sum of the cost percentage of the printed functions is bigger or equal to the given threshold percentage​.

--sort=A,B,C

Sort columns by events A,B,C [event column order]​.

Optionally, each event is followed by a : and a threshold, to specify different thresholds depending on the event​.

callgrind_annotate stops printing functions when the sum of the cost percentage of the printed functions for all the events is bigger or equal to the given event threshold percentages​.

When one or more thresholds are given via this option, the value of --threshold is ignored​.

--show-percs=<no|yes> [default: no]

When enabled, a percentage is printed next to all event counts​. This helps gauge the relative importance of each function and line​.

--auto=<yes|no> [default: yes]

Annotate all source files containing functions that helped reach the event count threshold​.

--context=N [default: 8]

Print N lines of context before and after annotated lines​.

--inclusive=<yes|no> [default: no]

Add subroutine costs to functions calls​.

--tree=<none|caller|calling|both> [default: none]

Print for each function their callers, the called functions or both​.

-I,  --include=<dir>

Add dir to the list of directories to search for source files​.

See Also

valgrind(1), $INSTALL/share/doc/valgrind/html/index​.html or http://www​.valgrind​.org/docs/manual/index​.html​.

Author

Josef Weidendorfer <Josef​.Weidendorfer@gmx​.de>​.

This manual page was written by Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian​.org>​.

Info

05/20/2026 Release 3.27.1