https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64580
--- Comment #5 from Markus Trippelsdorf <trippels at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Here is an example "callgrind_control -e -b" output (program is still running): PID 53944: /home/trippels/gcc_test/usr/local/bin/../libexec/gcc/powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu/5.0.0/lto1 -quiet -dumpbase libxul.so.ltrans8.o -mcpu=power8 -auxbase-strip /dev/null -O3 -version -fPIC -fno-exceptions -fltrans /var/tmp/libxul.so.ltrans8.o -o /home/trippels/tmp/ccxhYq0O.s sending command status internal to pid 53944 Totals: Ir Th 1 163,422,428,166 Frame: Ir Backtrace for Thread 1 [ 0] 127,387,164,848 rs6000_stack_info() (932 x) [ 1] 127,387,195,580 rs6000_output_function_prologue(_IO_FILE*, long) (932 x) [ 2] 127,387,263,387 final_start_function(rtx_insn*, _IO_FILE*, int) (132 x) [ 3] 127,390,072,883 rs6000_output_mi_thunk(_IO_FILE*, tree_node*, long, long, tree_node*) (132 x) [ 4] 127,490,182,450 cgraph_node::expand_thunk(bool, bool) (132 x) [ 5] 127,490,272,999 cgraph_node::assemble_thunks_and_aliases() (190 x) [ 6] 127,491,063,296 cgraph_node::assemble_thunks_and_aliases() (800 x) [ 7] 156,624,357,942 cgraph_node::expand() (800 x) [ 8] 157,695,780,192 symbol_table::compile() [clone .part.53] (1 x) [ 9] 157,695,780,213 symbol_table::compile() (1 x) [10] 163,407,638,386 lto_main() (1 x) [11] 163,407,638,419 compile_file() (1 x) [12] 163,421,626,146 toplev::main(int, char**) (1 x) [13] 163,421,626,164 main (1 x) [14] 163,421,630,096 generic_start_main.isra.0 (1 x) [15] 163,421,630,244 (below main) (1 x) [16] 163,421,632,780 0x0000000010f23930 (1 x) [17] 163,421,632,786 0x000000001012f5a0 (1 x) [18] 163,421,632,794 _start (1 x) [19] 163,421,634,426 _dl_start_user (1 x) [20] . _start