Syntax:
SHOW PROFILE [type [, type] ... ]
    [FOR QUERY n]
    [LIMIT row_count [OFFSET offset]]

type:
    ALL
  | BLOCK IO
  | CONTEXT SWITCHES
  | CPU
  | IPC
  | MEMORY
  | PAGE FAULTS
  | SOURCE
  | SWAPS

The SHOW PROFILE and SHOW PROFILES statements display profiling
information that indicates resource usage for statements executed
during the course of the current session.

Profiling is controlled by the profiling session variable, which has a
default value of 0 (OFF). Profiling is enabled by setting profiling to
1 or ON:

mysql> SET profiling = 1;

SHOW PROFILES displays a list of the most recent statements sent to the
server. The size of the list is controlled by the
profiling_history_size session variable, which has a default value of
15. The maximum value is 100. Setting the value to 0 has the practical
effect of disabling profiling.

All statements are profiled except SHOW PROFILE and SHOW PROFILES, so
you will find neither of those statements in the profile list.
Malformed statements are profiled. For example, SHOW PROFILING is an
illegal statement, and a syntax error occurs if you try to execute it,
but it will show up in the profiling list.

SHOW PROFILE displays detailed information about a single statement.
Without the FOR QUERY n clause, the output pertains to the most
recently executed statement. If FOR QUERY n is included, SHOW PROFILE
displays information for statement n. The values of n correspond to the
Query_ID values displayed by SHOW PROFILES.

The LIMIT row_count clause may be given to limit the output to
row_count rows. If LIMIT is given, OFFSET offset may be added to begin
the output offset rows into the full set of rows.

By default, SHOW PROFILE displays Status and Duration columns. The
Status values are like the State values displayed by SHOW PROCESSLIST,
although there might be some minor differences in interpretion for the
two statements for some status values (see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/thread-information.html).

Optional type values may be specified to display specific additional
types of information:

o ALL displays all information

o BLOCK IO displays counts for block input and output operations

o CONTEXT SWITCHES displays counts for voluntary and involuntary
  context switches

o CPU displays user and system CPU usage times

o IPC displays counts for messages sent and received

o MEMORY is not currently implemented

o PAGE FAULTS displays counts for major and minor page faults

o SOURCE displays the names of functions from the source code, together
  with the name and line number of the file in which the function
  occurs

o SWAPS displays swap counts

Profiling is enabled per session. When a session ends, its profiling
information is lost.

URL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/show-profile.html

