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procprofile(5) File Formats Manual procprofile(5)

NAME top

   /proc/profile - kernel profiling

DESCRIPTION top

   _/proc/profile_ (since Linux 2.4)
          This file is present only if the kernel was booted with the
          _profile=1_ command-line option.  It exposes kernel profiling
          information in a binary format for use by **readprofile**(1).
          Writing (e.g., an empty string) to this file resets the
          profiling counters; on some architectures, writing a binary
          integer "profiling multiplier" of size _sizeof(int)_ sets the
          profiling interrupt frequency.

SEE ALSO top

   [proc(5)](../man5/proc.5.html)

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