https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30896
--- Comment #4 from Ruud van der Pas <ruud.vanderpas at oracle dot com> --- This is indeed confusing. The keyword "name" in a metrics definition is different than the "-name" option. As was pointed out in Bugzilla 30898, this is the correct way to include the object name: $ gprofng display text -name short:soname -metrics e.%totalcpu:name For example: $ gprofng display text -name short:soname -metrics e.%totalcpu:name -functions experiment.2.thr.er Current metrics: e.%totalcpu:name Current Sort Metric: Exclusive Total CPU Time ( e.%totalcpu ) Functions sorted by metric: Exclusive Total CPU Time Excl. Total Name CPU sec. % 1.861 100.00 <Total> [<Total>] 1.771 95.16 mxv_core [<mxv-pthreads>] 0.050 2.69 drand48 [<libc.so.6>] 0.020 1.08 erand48_r [<libc.so.6>] 0.020 1.08 init_data [<mxv-pthreads>] 0. 0. <static>@0x1de20 [<libgp-collector.so>] 0. 0. __libc_start_call_main [<libc.so.6>] 0. 0. __libc_start_main_impl [<libc.so.6>] 0. 0. main [<mxv-pthreads>] 0. 0. start_thread [<libc.so.6>] $ I will add a clarification and example to the documentation. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.