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| author | Martin Liska <mliska@suse.cz> | 2018-03-08 10:05:26 +0100 |
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| committer | Martin Liska <marxin@gcc.gnu.org> | 2018-03-08 09:05:26 +0000 |
| commit | 5223e95ac279580bc9df57bd51c9badb3f98795a (patch) | |
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Document gcov-io (PR gcov-profile/84735).
2018-03-08 Martin Liska <mliska@suse.cz>
PR gcov-profile/84735
* doc/gcov.texi: Document usage of profile files.
* gcov-io.h: Document changes in the format.
From-SVN: r258360
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diff --git a/gcc/doc/gcov.texi b/gcc/doc/gcov.texi index d4c7806..5923587 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/gcov.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/gcov.texi @@ -816,9 +816,9 @@ A separate @file{.gcda} file is created for each object file compiled with this option. It contains arc transition counts, value profile counts, and some summary information. -The full details of the file format is specified in @file{gcov-io.h}, -and functions provided in that header file should be used to access the -coverage files. +It is not recommended to access the coverage files directly. +Consumers should use the intermediate format that is provided +by @command{gcov} tool via @option{--intermediate-format} option. @node Cross-profiling @section Data File Relocation to Support Cross-Profiling |