pprof the tool is really just a visualization tool more than a profiler itself[0]. But yes, enabling it will enable it for the entire program, so you will see

pprof the tool is really just a visualization tool more than a profiler itself[0]. But yes, enabling it will enable it for the entire program, so you will see a massive performance hit when it's enabled. [0] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8083112/format-of-google-perftools-pprof-with-heap-profiling http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8083112/format-of-google-...