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Add gcov-tool: an offline gcda profile processing tool Support.
2014-07-10 Rong Xu <xur@google.com> Add gcov-tool: an offline gcda profile processing tool Support. * gcc/gcov-io.c (gcov_position): Make avaialble to gcov-tool. (gcov_is_error): Ditto. (gcov_read_string): Ditto. (gcov_read_sync): Ditto. * gcc/gcov-io.h: Move counter defines to gcov-counter.def. * gcc/gcov-dump.c (tag_counters): Use gcov-counter.def. * gcc/coverage.c: Ditto. * gcc/gcov-tool.c: Offline gcda profile processing tool. (unlink_gcda_file): Remove one gcda file. (unlink_profile_dir): Remove gcda files from the profile path. (gcov_output_files): Output gcda files to an output dir. (profile_merge): Merge two profiles in directory. (print_merge_usage_message): Print merge usage. (merge_usage): Print merge usage and exit. (do_merge): Driver for profile merge sub-command. (profile_rewrite): Rewrite profile. (print_rewrite_usage_message): Print rewrite usage. (rewrite_usage): Print rewrite usage and exit. (do_rewrite): Driver for profile rewrite sub-command. (print_usage): Print gcov-info usage and exit. (print_version): Print gcov-info version. (process_args): Process arguments. (main): Main routine for gcov-tool. * gcc/Makefile.in: Build and install gcov-tool. * gcc/gcov-counter.def: New file split from gcov-io.h. * libgcc/libgcov-driver.c (gcov_max_filename): Make available to gcov-tool. * libgcc/libgcov-merge.c (__gcov_merge_add): Replace gcov_read_counter() with a Macro. (__gcov_merge_ior): Ditto. (__gcov_merge_time_profile): Ditto. (__gcov_merge_single): Ditto. (__gcov_merge_delta): Ditto. * libgcc/libgcov-util.c (void gcov_set_verbose): Set the verbose flag in the utility functions. (set_fn_ctrs): Utility function for reading gcda files to in-memory gcov_list object link lists. (tag_function): Ditto. (tag_blocks): Ditto. (tag_arcs): Ditto. (tag_lines): Ditto. (tag_counters): Ditto. (tag_summary): Ditto. (read_gcda_finalize): Ditto. (read_gcda_file): Ditto. (ftw_read_file): Ditto. (read_profile_dir_init): Ditto. (gcov_read_profile_dir): Ditto. (gcov_read_counter_mem): Ditto. (gcov_get_merge_weight): Ditto. (merge_wrapper): A wrapper function that calls merging handler. (gcov_merge): Merge two gcov_info objects with weights. (find_match_gcov_info): Find the matched gcov_info in the list. (gcov_profile_merge): Merge two gcov_info object lists. (__gcov_add_counter_op): Process edge profile counter values. (__gcov_ior_counter_op): Process IOR profile counter values. (__gcov_delta_counter_op): Process delta profile counter values. (__gcov_single_counter_op): Process single profile counter values. (fp_scale): Callback function for float-point scaling. (int_scale): Callback function for integer fraction scaling. (gcov_profile_scale): Scaling profile counters. (gcov_profile_normalize): Normalize profile counters. * libgcc/libgcov.h: Add headers and functions for gcov-tool use. (gcov_get_counter): New. (gcov_get_counter_target): Ditto. (struct gcov_info): Make the functions field mutable in gcov-tool compilation. * gcc/doc/gcc.texi: Include gcov-tool.texi. * gcc/doc/gcov-tool.texi: Document for gcov-tool. From-SVN: r212448
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+@c Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c This is part of the GCC manual.
+@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
+
+@ignore
+@c man begin COPYRIGHT
+Copyright @copyright{} 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
+Invariant Sections being ``GNU General Public License'' and ``Funding
+Free Software'', the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and with
+the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the license is
+included in the gfdl(7) man page.
+
+(a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is:
+
+ A GNU Manual
+
+(b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is:
+
+ You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU
+ software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise
+ funds for GNU development.
+@c man end
+@c Set file name and title for the man page.
+@setfilename gcov-tool
+@settitle offline gcda profile processing tool
+@end ignore
+
+@node Gcov-tool
+@chapter @command{gcov-tool}---an Offline Gcda Profile Processing Tool
+
+@command{gcov-tool} is a tool you can use in conjunction with GCC to
+manipulate or process gcda profile files offline.
+
+@menu
+* Gcov-tool Intro:: Introduction to gcov-tool.
+* Invoking Gcov-tool:: How to use gcov-tool.
+@end menu
+
+@node Gcov-tool Intro
+@section Introduction to @command{gcov-tool}
+@c man begin DESCRIPTION
+
+@command{gcov-tool} is an offline tool to process gcc's gcda profile files.
+
+Current gcov-tool supports the following functionalities:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+merge two sets of profiles with weights.
+
+@item
+read one set of profile and rewrite profile contents. One can scale or
+normalize the count values.
+@end itemize
+
+Examples of the use cases for this tool are:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Collect the profiles for different set of inputs, and use this tool to merge
+them. One can specify the weight to factor in the relative importance of
+each input.
+
+@item
+Rewrite the profile after removing a subset of the gcda files, while maintaining
+the consistency of the summary and the histogram.
+
+@item
+It can also be used to debug or libgcov code as the tools shares the majority
+code as the runtime library.
+@end itemize
+
+Note that for the merging operation, this profile generated offline may
+contain slight different values from the online merged profile. Here are
+a list of typical differences:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+histogram difference: This offline tool recomputes the histogram after merging
+the counters. The resulting histogram, therefore, is precise. The online
+merging does not have this capability -- the histogram is merged from two
+histograms and the result is an approximation.
+
+@item
+summary checksum difference: Summary checksum uses a CRC32 operation. The value
+depends on the link list order of gcov-info objects. This order is different in
+gcov-tool from that in the online merge. It's expected to have different
+summary checksums. It does not really matter as the compiler does not use this
+checksum anywhere.
+
+@item
+value profile counter values difference: Some counter values for value profile
+are runtime dependent, like heap addresses. It's normal to see some difference
+in these kind of counters.
+@end itemize
+
+@c man end
+
+@node Invoking Gcov-tool
+@section Invoking @command{gcov-tool}
+
+@smallexample
+gcov-tool @r{[}@var{global-options}@r{]} SUB_COMMAND
+@r{[}@var{sub_command-options}@r{]} @var{profile_dir}
+@end smallexample
+
+@command{gcov-tool} accepts the following options:
+
+@ignore
+@c man begin SYNOPSIS
+gcov-tool [@option{-v}|@option{--version}] [@option{-h}|@option{--help}]
+
+gcov-tool merge [merge-options] @var{directory1} @var{directory2}
+ [@option{-v}|@option{--verbose}]
+ [@option{-o}|@option{ --output} @var{directory}]
+ [@option{-w}|@option{--weight} @var{w1,w2}]
+
+gcov-tool rewrite [rewrite-options] @var{directory}
+ [@option{-v}|@option{--verbose}]
+ [@option{-o}|@option{--output} @var{directory}]
+ [@option{-s}|@option{--scale} @var{float_or_simple-frac_value}]
+ [@option{-n}|@option{--normalize} @var{long_long_value}]
+@c man end
+@c man begin SEEALSO
+gpl(7), gfdl(7), fsf-funding(7), gcc(1), gcov(1) and the Info entry for
+@file{gcc}.
+@c man end
+@end ignore
+
+@c man begin OPTIONS
+@table @gcctabopt
+@item -h
+@itemx --help
+Display help about using @command{gcov-tool} (on the standard output), and
+exit without doing any further processing.
+
+@item -v
+@itemx --version
+Display the @command{gcov-tool} version number (on the standard output),
+and exit without doing any further processing.
+
+@item merge
+Merge two profile directories.
+
+@table @gcctabopt
+@item -v
+@itemx --verbose
+Set the verbose mode.
+
+@item -o @var{directory}
+@itemx --output @var{directory}
+Set the output profile directory. Default output directory name is
+@var{merged_profile}.
+
+@item -w @var{w1},@var{w2}
+@itemx --weight @var{w1},@var{w2}
+Set the merge weights of the @var{directory1} and @var{directory2},
+respectively. The default weights are 1 for both.
+@end table
+
+@item rewrite
+Read the specified profile directory and rewrite to a new directory.
+
+@table @gcctabopt
+@item -v
+@itemx --verbose
+Set the verbose mode.
+
+@item -o @var{directory}
+@itemx --output @var{directory}
+Set the output profile directory. Default output name is @var{rewrite_profile}.
+
+@item -s @var{float_or_simple-frac_value}
+@itemx --scale @var{float_or_simple-frac_value}
+Scale the profile counters. The specified value can be in floating point value,
+or simple fraction value form, such 1, 2, 2/3, and 5/3.
+
+@item -n @var{long_long_value}
+@itemx --normalize <long_long_value>
+Normalize the profile. The specified value is the max counter value
+in the new profile.
+
+@end table
+@end table
+
+@c man end