The <Truncated-stack> Function

The size of the buffer used by the Analyzer for recording the metrics of individual functions in the call stack is limited. If the size of the call stack becomes so large that the buffer becomes full, any further increase in size of the call stack will force the analyzer to drop function profile information. Since in most programs the bulk of exclusive CPU time is spent in the leaf functions, the Analyzer drops the metrics for functions the less critical functions at the bottom of the stack, starting with the entry functions _start() and main(). The metrics for the dropped functions are consolidated into the single artificial <Truncated-stack> function. The <Truncated-stack> function may also appear in Java programs.