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-@c Copyright (C) 1996-2022 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{} 1996-2022 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
-@settitle coverage testing tool
-@end ignore
-
-@node Gcov
-@chapter @command{gcov}---a Test Coverage Program
-
-@command{gcov} is a tool you can use in conjunction with GCC to
-test code coverage in your programs.
-
-@menu
-* Gcov Intro:: Introduction to gcov.
-* Invoking Gcov:: How to use gcov.
-* Gcov and Optimization:: Using gcov with GCC optimization.
-* Gcov Data Files:: The files used by gcov.
-* Cross-profiling:: Data file relocation.
-* Freestanding Environments:: How to use profiling and test
- coverage in freestanding environments.
-@end menu
-
-@node Gcov Intro
-@section Introduction to @command{gcov}
-@c man begin DESCRIPTION
-
-@command{gcov} is a test coverage program. Use it in concert with GCC
-to analyze your programs to help create more efficient, faster running
-code and to discover untested parts of your program. You can use
-@command{gcov} as a profiling tool to help discover where your
-optimization efforts will best affect your code. You can also use
-@command{gcov} along with the other profiling tool, @command{gprof}, to
-assess which parts of your code use the greatest amount of computing
-time.
-
-Profiling tools help you analyze your code's performance. Using a
-profiler such as @command{gcov} or @command{gprof}, you can find out some
-basic performance statistics, such as:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-how often each line of code executes
-
-@item
-what lines of code are actually executed
-
-@item
-how much computing time each section of code uses
-@end itemize
-
-Once you know these things about how your code works when compiled, you
-can look at each module to see which modules should be optimized.
-@command{gcov} helps you determine where to work on optimization.
-
-Software developers also use coverage testing in concert with
-testsuites, to make sure software is actually good enough for a release.
-Testsuites can verify that a program works as expected; a coverage
-program tests to see how much of the program is exercised by the
-testsuite. Developers can then determine what kinds of test cases need
-to be added to the testsuites to create both better testing and a better
-final product.
-
-You should compile your code without optimization if you plan to use
-@command{gcov} because the optimization, by combining some lines of code
-into one function, may not give you as much information as you need to
-look for `hot spots' where the code is using a great deal of computer
-time. Likewise, because @command{gcov} accumulates statistics by line (at
-the lowest resolution), it works best with a programming style that
-places only one statement on each line. If you use complicated macros
-that expand to loops or to other control structures, the statistics are
-less helpful---they only report on the line where the macro call
-appears. If your complex macros behave like functions, you can replace
-them with inline functions to solve this problem.
-
-@command{gcov} creates a logfile called @file{@var{sourcefile}.gcov} which
-indicates how many times each line of a source file @file{@var{sourcefile}.c}
-has executed. You can use these logfiles along with @command{gprof} to aid
-in fine-tuning the performance of your programs. @command{gprof} gives
-timing information you can use along with the information you get from
-@command{gcov}.
-
-@command{gcov} works only on code compiled with GCC@. It is not
-compatible with any other profiling or test coverage mechanism.
-
-@c man end
-
-@node Invoking Gcov
-@section Invoking @command{gcov}
-
-@smallexample
-gcov @r{[}@var{options}@r{]} @var{files}
-@end smallexample
-
-@command{gcov} accepts the following options:
-
-@ignore
-@c man begin SYNOPSIS
-gcov [@option{-v}|@option{--version}] [@option{-h}|@option{--help}]
- [@option{-a}|@option{--all-blocks}]
- [@option{-b}|@option{--branch-probabilities}]
- [@option{-c}|@option{--branch-counts}]
- [@option{-d}|@option{--display-progress}]
- [@option{-f}|@option{--function-summaries}]
- [@option{-j}|@option{--json-format}]
- [@option{-H}|@option{--human-readable}]
- [@option{-k}|@option{--use-colors}]
- [@option{-l}|@option{--long-file-names}]
- [@option{-m}|@option{--demangled-names}]
- [@option{-n}|@option{--no-output}]
- [@option{-o}|@option{--object-directory} @var{directory|file}]
- [@option{-p}|@option{--preserve-paths}]
- [@option{-q}|@option{--use-hotness-colors}]
- [@option{-r}|@option{--relative-only}]
- [@option{-s}|@option{--source-prefix} @var{directory}]
- [@option{-t}|@option{--stdout}]
- [@option{-u}|@option{--unconditional-branches}]
- [@option{-x}|@option{--hash-filenames}]
- @var{files}
-@c man end
-@c man begin SEEALSO
-gpl(7), gfdl(7), fsf-funding(7), gcc(1) and the Info entry for @file{gcc}.
-@c man end
-@end ignore
-
-@c man begin OPTIONS
-@table @gcctabopt
-
-@item -a
-@itemx --all-blocks
-Write individual execution counts for every basic block. Normally gcov
-outputs execution counts only for the main blocks of a line. With this
-option you can determine if blocks within a single line are not being
-executed.
-
-@item -b
-@itemx --branch-probabilities
-Write branch frequencies to the output file, and write branch summary
-info to the standard output. This option allows you to see how often
-each branch in your program was taken. Unconditional branches will not
-be shown, unless the @option{-u} option is given.
-
-@item -c
-@itemx --branch-counts
-Write branch frequencies as the number of branches taken, rather than
-the percentage of branches taken.
-
-@item -d
-@itemx --display-progress
-Display the progress on the standard output.
-
-@item -f
-@itemx --function-summaries
-Output summaries for each function in addition to the file level summary.
-
-@item -h
-@itemx --help
-Display help about using @command{gcov} (on the standard output), and
-exit without doing any further processing.
-
-@item -j
-@itemx --json-format
-Output gcov file in an easy-to-parse JSON intermediate format
-which does not require source code for generation. The JSON
-file is compressed with gzip compression algorithm
-and the files have @file{.gcov.json.gz} extension.
-
-Structure of the JSON is following:
-
-@smallexample
-@{
- "current_working_directory": "foo/bar",
- "data_file": "a.out",
- "format_version": "1",
- "gcc_version": "11.1.1 20210510"
- "files": ["$file"]
-@}
-@end smallexample
-
-Fields of the root element have following semantics:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-@var{current_working_directory}: working directory where
-a compilation unit was compiled
-
-@item
-@var{data_file}: name of the data file (GCDA)
-
-@item
-@var{format_version}: semantic version of the format
-
-@item
-@var{gcc_version}: version of the GCC compiler
-@end itemize
-
-Each @var{file} has the following form:
-
-@smallexample
-@{
- "file": "a.c",
- "functions": ["$function"],
- "lines": ["$line"]
-@}
-@end smallexample
-
-Fields of the @var{file} element have following semantics:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-@var{file_name}: name of the source file
-@end itemize
-
-Each @var{function} has the following form:
-
-@smallexample
-@{
- "blocks": 2,
- "blocks_executed": 2,
- "demangled_name": "foo",
- "end_column": 1,
- "end_line": 4,
- "execution_count": 1,
- "name": "foo",
- "start_column": 5,
- "start_line": 1
-@}
-@end smallexample
-
-Fields of the @var{function} element have following semantics:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-@var{blocks}: number of blocks that are in the function
-
-@item
-@var{blocks_executed}: number of executed blocks of the function
-
-@item
-@var{demangled_name}: demangled name of the function
-
-@item
-@var{end_column}: column in the source file where the function ends
-
-@item
-@var{end_line}: line in the source file where the function ends
-
-@item
-@var{execution_count}: number of executions of the function
-
-@item
-@var{name}: name of the function
-
-@item
-@var{start_column}: column in the source file where the function begins
-
-@item
-@var{start_line}: line in the source file where the function begins
-@end itemize
-
-Note that line numbers and column numbers number from 1. In the current
-implementation, @var{start_line} and @var{start_column} do not include
-any template parameters and the leading return type but that
-this is likely to be fixed in the future.
-
-Each @var{line} has the following form:
-
-@smallexample
-@{
- "branches": ["$branch"],
- "count": 2,
- "line_number": 15,
- "unexecuted_block": false,
- "function_name": "foo",
-@}
-@end smallexample
-
-Branches are present only with @var{-b} option.
-Fields of the @var{line} element have following semantics:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-@var{count}: number of executions of the line
-
-@item
-@var{line_number}: line number
-
-@item
-@var{unexecuted_block}: flag whether the line contains an unexecuted block
-(not all statements on the line are executed)
-
-@item
-@var{function_name}: a name of a function this @var{line} belongs to
-(for a line with an inlined statements can be not set)
-@end itemize
-
-Each @var{branch} has the following form:
-
-@smallexample
-@{
- "count": 11,
- "fallthrough": true,
- "throw": false
-@}
-@end smallexample
-
-Fields of the @var{branch} element have following semantics:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-@var{count}: number of executions of the branch
-
-@item
-@var{fallthrough}: true when the branch is a fall through branch
-
-@item
-@var{throw}: true when the branch is an exceptional branch
-@end itemize
-
-@item -H
-@itemx --human-readable
-Write counts in human readable format (like 24.6k).
-
-@item -k
-@itemx --use-colors
-
-Use colors for lines of code that have zero coverage. We use red color for
-non-exceptional lines and cyan for exceptional. Same colors are used for
-basic blocks with @option{-a} option.
-
-@item -l
-@itemx --long-file-names
-Create long file names for included source files. For example, if the
-header file @file{x.h} contains code, and was included in the file
-@file{a.c}, then running @command{gcov} on the file @file{a.c} will
-produce an output file called @file{a.c##x.h.gcov} instead of
-@file{x.h.gcov}. This can be useful if @file{x.h} is included in
-multiple source files and you want to see the individual
-contributions. If you use the @samp{-p} option, both the including
-and included file names will be complete path names.
-
-@item -m
-@itemx --demangled-names
-Display demangled function names in output. The default is to show
-mangled function names.
-
-@item -n
-@itemx --no-output
-Do not create the @command{gcov} output file.
-
-@item -o @var{directory|file}
-@itemx --object-directory @var{directory}
-@itemx --object-file @var{file}
-Specify either the directory containing the gcov data files, or the
-object path name. The @file{.gcno}, and
-@file{.gcda} data files are searched for using this option. If a directory
-is specified, the data files are in that directory and named after the
-input file name, without its extension. If a file is specified here,
-the data files are named after that file, without its extension.
-
-@item -p
-@itemx --preserve-paths
-Preserve complete path information in the names of generated
-@file{.gcov} files. Without this option, just the filename component is
-used. With this option, all directories are used, with @samp{/} characters
-translated to @samp{#} characters, @file{.} directory components
-removed and unremoveable @file{..}
-components renamed to @samp{^}. This is useful if sourcefiles are in several
-different directories.
-
-@item -q
-@itemx --use-hotness-colors
-
-Emit perf-like colored output for hot lines. Legend of the color scale
-is printed at the very beginning of the output file.
-
-@item -r
-@itemx --relative-only
-Only output information about source files with a relative pathname
-(after source prefix elision). Absolute paths are usually system
-header files and coverage of any inline functions therein is normally
-uninteresting.
-
-@item -s @var{directory}
-@itemx --source-prefix @var{directory}
-A prefix for source file names to remove when generating the output
-coverage files. This option is useful when building in a separate
-directory, and the pathname to the source directory is not wanted when
-determining the output file names. Note that this prefix detection is
-applied before determining whether the source file is absolute.
-
-@item -t
-@itemx --stdout
-Output to standard output instead of output files.
-
-@item -u
-@itemx --unconditional-branches
-When branch probabilities are given, include those of unconditional branches.
-Unconditional branches are normally not interesting.
-
-@item -v
-@itemx --version
-Display the @command{gcov} version number (on the standard output),
-and exit without doing any further processing.
-
-@item -w
-@itemx --verbose
-Print verbose informations related to basic blocks and arcs.
-
-@item -x
-@itemx --hash-filenames
-When using @var{--preserve-paths},
-gcov uses the full pathname of the source files to create
-an output filename. This can lead to long filenames that can overflow
-filesystem limits. This option creates names of the form
-@file{@var{source-file}##@var{md5}.gcov},
-where the @var{source-file} component is the final filename part and
-the @var{md5} component is calculated from the full mangled name that
-would have been used otherwise. The option is an alternative
-to the @var{--preserve-paths} on systems which have a filesystem limit.
-
-@end table
-
-@command{gcov} should be run with the current directory the same as that
-when you invoked the compiler. Otherwise it will not be able to locate
-the source files. @command{gcov} produces files called
-@file{@var{mangledname}.gcov} in the current directory. These contain
-the coverage information of the source file they correspond to.
-One @file{.gcov} file is produced for each source (or header) file
-containing code,
-which was compiled to produce the data files. The @var{mangledname} part
-of the output file name is usually simply the source file name, but can
-be something more complicated if the @samp{-l} or @samp{-p} options are
-given. Refer to those options for details.
-
-If you invoke @command{gcov} with multiple input files, the
-contributions from each input file are summed. Typically you would
-invoke it with the same list of files as the final link of your executable.
-
-The @file{.gcov} files contain the @samp{:} separated fields along with
-program source code. The format is
-
-@smallexample
-@var{execution_count}:@var{line_number}:@var{source line text}
-@end smallexample
-
-Additional block information may succeed each line, when requested by
-command line option. The @var{execution_count} is @samp{-} for lines
-containing no code. Unexecuted lines are marked @samp{#####} or
-@samp{=====}, depending on whether they are reachable by
-non-exceptional paths or only exceptional paths such as C++ exception
-handlers, respectively. Given the @samp{-a} option, unexecuted blocks are
-marked @samp{$$$$$} or @samp{%%%%%}, depending on whether a basic block
-is reachable via non-exceptional or exceptional paths.
-Executed basic blocks having a statement with zero @var{execution_count}
-end with @samp{*} character and are colored with magenta color with
-the @option{-k} option. This functionality is not supported in Ada.
-
-Note that GCC can completely remove the bodies of functions that are
-not needed -- for instance if they are inlined everywhere. Such functions
-are marked with @samp{-}, which can be confusing.
-Use the @option{-fkeep-inline-functions} and @option{-fkeep-static-functions}
-options to retain these functions and
-allow gcov to properly show their @var{execution_count}.
-
-Some lines of information at the start have @var{line_number} of zero.
-These preamble lines are of the form
-
-@smallexample
--:0:@var{tag}:@var{value}
-@end smallexample
-
-The ordering and number of these preamble lines will be augmented as
-@command{gcov} development progresses --- do not rely on them remaining
-unchanged. Use @var{tag} to locate a particular preamble line.
-
-The additional block information is of the form
-
-@smallexample
-@var{tag} @var{information}
-@end smallexample
-
-The @var{information} is human readable, but designed to be simple
-enough for machine parsing too.
-
-When printing percentages, 0% and 100% are only printed when the values
-are @emph{exactly} 0% and 100% respectively. Other values which would
-conventionally be rounded to 0% or 100% are instead printed as the
-nearest non-boundary value.
-
-When using @command{gcov}, you must first compile your program
-with a special GCC option @samp{--coverage}.
-This tells the compiler to generate additional information needed by
-gcov (basically a flow graph of the program) and also includes
-additional code in the object files for generating the extra profiling
-information needed by gcov. These additional files are placed in the
-directory where the object file is located.
-
-Running the program will cause profile output to be generated. For each
-source file compiled with @option{-fprofile-arcs}, an accompanying
-@file{.gcda} file will be placed in the object file directory.
-
-Running @command{gcov} with your program's source file names as arguments
-will now produce a listing of the code along with frequency of execution
-for each line. For example, if your program is called @file{tmp.cpp}, this
-is what you see when you use the basic @command{gcov} facility:
-
-@smallexample
-$ g++ --coverage tmp.cpp -c
-$ g++ --coverage tmp.o
-$ a.out
-$ gcov tmp.cpp -m
-File 'tmp.cpp'
-Lines executed:92.86% of 14
-Creating 'tmp.cpp.gcov'
-@end smallexample
-
-The file @file{tmp.cpp.gcov} contains output from @command{gcov}.
-Here is a sample:
-
-@smallexample
- -: 0:Source:tmp.cpp
- -: 0:Working directory:/home/gcc/testcase
- -: 0:Graph:tmp.gcno
- -: 0:Data:tmp.gcda
- -: 0:Runs:1
- -: 0:Programs:1
- -: 1:#include <stdio.h>
- -: 2:
- -: 3:template<class T>
- -: 4:class Foo
- -: 5:@{
- -: 6: public:
- 1*: 7: Foo(): b (1000) @{@}
-------------------
-Foo<char>::Foo():
- #####: 7: Foo(): b (1000) @{@}
-------------------
-Foo<int>::Foo():
- 1: 7: Foo(): b (1000) @{@}
-------------------
- 2*: 8: void inc () @{ b++; @}
-------------------
-Foo<char>::inc():
- #####: 8: void inc () @{ b++; @}
-------------------
-Foo<int>::inc():
- 2: 8: void inc () @{ b++; @}
-------------------
- -: 9:
- -: 10: private:
- -: 11: int b;
- -: 12:@};
- -: 13:
- -: 14:template class Foo<int>;
- -: 15:template class Foo<char>;
- -: 16:
- -: 17:int
- 1: 18:main (void)
- -: 19:@{
- -: 20: int i, total;
- 1: 21: Foo<int> counter;
- -: 22:
- 1: 23: counter.inc();
- 1: 24: counter.inc();
- 1: 25: total = 0;
- -: 26:
- 11: 27: for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
- 10: 28: total += i;
- -: 29:
- 1*: 30: int v = total > 100 ? 1 : 2;
- -: 31:
- 1: 32: if (total != 45)
- #####: 33: printf ("Failure\n");
- -: 34: else
- 1: 35: printf ("Success\n");
- 1: 36: return 0;
- -: 37:@}
-@end smallexample
-
-Note that line 7 is shown in the report multiple times. First occurrence
-presents total number of execution of the line and the next two belong
-to instances of class Foo constructors. As you can also see, line 30 contains
-some unexecuted basic blocks and thus execution count has asterisk symbol.
-
-When you use the @option{-a} option, you will get individual block
-counts, and the output looks like this:
-
-@smallexample
- -: 0:Source:tmp.cpp
- -: 0:Working directory:/home/gcc/testcase
- -: 0:Graph:tmp.gcno
- -: 0:Data:tmp.gcda
- -: 0:Runs:1
- -: 0:Programs:1
- -: 1:#include <stdio.h>
- -: 2:
- -: 3:template<class T>
- -: 4:class Foo
- -: 5:@{
- -: 6: public:
- 1*: 7: Foo(): b (1000) @{@}
-------------------
-Foo<char>::Foo():
- #####: 7: Foo(): b (1000) @{@}
-------------------
-Foo<int>::Foo():
- 1: 7: Foo(): b (1000) @{@}
-------------------
- 2*: 8: void inc () @{ b++; @}
-------------------
-Foo<char>::inc():
- #####: 8: void inc () @{ b++; @}
-------------------
-Foo<int>::inc():
- 2: 8: void inc () @{ b++; @}
-------------------
- -: 9:
- -: 10: private:
- -: 11: int b;
- -: 12:@};
- -: 13:
- -: 14:template class Foo<int>;
- -: 15:template class Foo<char>;
- -: 16:
- -: 17:int
- 1: 18:main (void)
- -: 19:@{
- -: 20: int i, total;
- 1: 21: Foo<int> counter;
- 1: 21-block 0
- -: 22:
- 1: 23: counter.inc();
- 1: 23-block 0
- 1: 24: counter.inc();
- 1: 24-block 0
- 1: 25: total = 0;
- -: 26:
- 11: 27: for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
- 1: 27-block 0
- 11: 27-block 1
- 10: 28: total += i;
- 10: 28-block 0
- -: 29:
- 1*: 30: int v = total > 100 ? 1 : 2;
- 1: 30-block 0
- %%%%%: 30-block 1
- 1: 30-block 2
- -: 31:
- 1: 32: if (total != 45)
- 1: 32-block 0
- #####: 33: printf ("Failure\n");
- %%%%%: 33-block 0
- -: 34: else
- 1: 35: printf ("Success\n");
- 1: 35-block 0
- 1: 36: return 0;
- 1: 36-block 0
- -: 37:@}
-@end smallexample
-
-In this mode, each basic block is only shown on one line -- the last
-line of the block. A multi-line block will only contribute to the
-execution count of that last line, and other lines will not be shown
-to contain code, unless previous blocks end on those lines.
-The total execution count of a line is shown and subsequent lines show
-the execution counts for individual blocks that end on that line. After each
-block, the branch and call counts of the block will be shown, if the
-@option{-b} option is given.
-
-Because of the way GCC instruments calls, a call count can be shown
-after a line with no individual blocks.
-As you can see, line 33 contains a basic block that was not executed.
-
-@need 450
-When you use the @option{-b} option, your output looks like this:
-
-@smallexample
- -: 0:Source:tmp.cpp
- -: 0:Working directory:/home/gcc/testcase
- -: 0:Graph:tmp.gcno
- -: 0:Data:tmp.gcda
- -: 0:Runs:1
- -: 0:Programs:1
- -: 1:#include <stdio.h>
- -: 2:
- -: 3:template<class T>
- -: 4:class Foo
- -: 5:@{
- -: 6: public:
- 1*: 7: Foo(): b (1000) @{@}
-------------------
-Foo<char>::Foo():
-function Foo<char>::Foo() called 0 returned 0% blocks executed 0%
- #####: 7: Foo(): b (1000) @{@}
-------------------
-Foo<int>::Foo():
-function Foo<int>::Foo() called 1 returned 100% blocks executed 100%
- 1: 7: Foo(): b (1000) @{@}
-------------------
- 2*: 8: void inc () @{ b++; @}
-------------------
-Foo<char>::inc():
-function Foo<char>::inc() called 0 returned 0% blocks executed 0%
- #####: 8: void inc () @{ b++; @}
-------------------
-Foo<int>::inc():
-function Foo<int>::inc() called 2 returned 100% blocks executed 100%
- 2: 8: void inc () @{ b++; @}
-------------------
- -: 9:
- -: 10: private:
- -: 11: int b;
- -: 12:@};
- -: 13:
- -: 14:template class Foo<int>;
- -: 15:template class Foo<char>;
- -: 16:
- -: 17:int
-function main called 1 returned 100% blocks executed 81%
- 1: 18:main (void)
- -: 19:@{
- -: 20: int i, total;
- 1: 21: Foo<int> counter;
-call 0 returned 100%
-branch 1 taken 100% (fallthrough)
-branch 2 taken 0% (throw)
- -: 22:
- 1: 23: counter.inc();
-call 0 returned 100%
-branch 1 taken 100% (fallthrough)
-branch 2 taken 0% (throw)
- 1: 24: counter.inc();
-call 0 returned 100%
-branch 1 taken 100% (fallthrough)
-branch 2 taken 0% (throw)
- 1: 25: total = 0;
- -: 26:
- 11: 27: for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
-branch 0 taken 91% (fallthrough)
-branch 1 taken 9%
- 10: 28: total += i;
- -: 29:
- 1*: 30: int v = total > 100 ? 1 : 2;
-branch 0 taken 0% (fallthrough)
-branch 1 taken 100%
- -: 31:
- 1: 32: if (total != 45)
-branch 0 taken 0% (fallthrough)
-branch 1 taken 100%
- #####: 33: printf ("Failure\n");
-call 0 never executed
-branch 1 never executed
-branch 2 never executed
- -: 34: else
- 1: 35: printf ("Success\n");
-call 0 returned 100%
-branch 1 taken 100% (fallthrough)
-branch 2 taken 0% (throw)
- 1: 36: return 0;
- -: 37:@}
-@end smallexample
-
-For each function, a line is printed showing how many times the function
-is called, how many times it returns and what percentage of the
-function's blocks were executed.
-
-For each basic block, a line is printed after the last line of the basic
-block describing the branch or call that ends the basic block. There can
-be multiple branches and calls listed for a single source line if there
-are multiple basic blocks that end on that line. In this case, the
-branches and calls are each given a number. There is no simple way to map
-these branches and calls back to source constructs. In general, though,
-the lowest numbered branch or call will correspond to the leftmost construct
-on the source line.
-
-For a branch, if it was executed at least once, then a percentage
-indicating the number of times the branch was taken divided by the
-number of times the branch was executed will be printed. Otherwise, the
-message ``never executed'' is printed.
-
-For a call, if it was executed at least once, then a percentage
-indicating the number of times the call returned divided by the number
-of times the call was executed will be printed. This will usually be
-100%, but may be less for functions that call @code{exit} or @code{longjmp},
-and thus may not return every time they are called.
-
-The execution counts are cumulative. If the example program were
-executed again without removing the @file{.gcda} file, the count for the
-number of times each line in the source was executed would be added to
-the results of the previous run(s). This is potentially useful in
-several ways. For example, it could be used to accumulate data over a
-number of program runs as part of a test verification suite, or to
-provide more accurate long-term information over a large number of
-program runs.
-
-The data in the @file{.gcda} files is saved immediately before the program
-exits. For each source file compiled with @option{-fprofile-arcs}, the
-profiling code first attempts to read in an existing @file{.gcda} file; if
-the file doesn't match the executable (differing number of basic block
-counts) it will ignore the contents of the file. It then adds in the
-new execution counts and finally writes the data to the file.
-
-@node Gcov and Optimization
-@section Using @command{gcov} with GCC Optimization
-
-If you plan to use @command{gcov} to help optimize your code, you must
-first compile your program with a special GCC option
-@samp{--coverage}. Aside from that, you can use any
-other GCC options; but if you want to prove that every single line
-in your program was executed, you should not compile with optimization
-at the same time. On some machines the optimizer can eliminate some
-simple code lines by combining them with other lines. For example, code
-like this:
-
-@smallexample
-if (a != b)
- c = 1;
-else
- c = 0;
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-can be compiled into one instruction on some machines. In this case,
-there is no way for @command{gcov} to calculate separate execution counts
-for each line because there isn't separate code for each line. Hence
-the @command{gcov} output looks like this if you compiled the program with
-optimization:
-
-@smallexample
- 100: 12:if (a != b)
- 100: 13: c = 1;
- 100: 14:else
- 100: 15: c = 0;
-@end smallexample
-
-The output shows that this block of code, combined by optimization,
-executed 100 times. In one sense this result is correct, because there
-was only one instruction representing all four of these lines. However,
-the output does not indicate how many times the result was 0 and how
-many times the result was 1.
-
-Inlineable functions can create unexpected line counts. Line counts are
-shown for the source code of the inlineable function, but what is shown
-depends on where the function is inlined, or if it is not inlined at all.
-
-If the function is not inlined, the compiler must emit an out of line
-copy of the function, in any object file that needs it. If
-@file{fileA.o} and @file{fileB.o} both contain out of line bodies of a
-particular inlineable function, they will also both contain coverage
-counts for that function. When @file{fileA.o} and @file{fileB.o} are
-linked together, the linker will, on many systems, select one of those
-out of line bodies for all calls to that function, and remove or ignore
-the other. Unfortunately, it will not remove the coverage counters for
-the unused function body. Hence when instrumented, all but one use of
-that function will show zero counts.
-
-If the function is inlined in several places, the block structure in
-each location might not be the same. For instance, a condition might
-now be calculable at compile time in some instances. Because the
-coverage of all the uses of the inline function will be shown for the
-same source lines, the line counts themselves might seem inconsistent.
-
-Long-running applications can use the @code{__gcov_reset} and @code{__gcov_dump}
-facilities to restrict profile collection to the program region of
-interest. Calling @code{__gcov_reset(void)} will clear all run-time profile
-counters to zero, and calling @code{__gcov_dump(void)} will cause the profile
-information collected at that point to be dumped to @file{.gcda} output files.
-Instrumented applications use a static destructor with priority 99
-to invoke the @code{__gcov_dump} function. Thus @code{__gcov_dump}
-is executed after all user defined static destructors,
-as well as handlers registered with @code{atexit}.
-
-If an executable loads a dynamic shared object via dlopen functionality,
-@option{-Wl,--dynamic-list-data} is needed to dump all profile data.
-
-Profiling run-time library reports various errors related to profile
-manipulation and profile saving. Errors are printed into standard error output
-or @samp{GCOV_ERROR_FILE} file, if environment variable is used.
-In order to terminate immediately after an errors occurs
-set @samp{GCOV_EXIT_AT_ERROR} environment variable.
-That can help users to find profile clashing which leads
-to a misleading profile.
-
-@c man end
-
-@node Gcov Data Files
-@section Brief Description of @command{gcov} Data Files
-
-@command{gcov} uses two files for profiling. The names of these files
-are derived from the original @emph{object} file by substituting the
-file suffix with either @file{.gcno}, or @file{.gcda}. The files
-contain coverage and profile data stored in a platform-independent format.
-The @file{.gcno} files are placed in the same directory as the object
-file. By default, the @file{.gcda} files are also stored in the same
-directory as the object file, but the GCC @option{-fprofile-dir} option
-may be used to store the @file{.gcda} files in a separate directory.
-
-The @file{.gcno} notes file is generated when the source file is compiled
-with the GCC @option{-ftest-coverage} option. It contains information to
-reconstruct the basic block graphs and assign source line numbers to
-blocks.
-
-The @file{.gcda} count data file is generated when a program containing
-object files built with the GCC @option{-fprofile-arcs} option is executed.
-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.
-
-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{--json-format} option.
-
-@node Cross-profiling
-@section Data File Relocation to Support Cross-Profiling
-
-Running the program will cause profile output to be generated. For each
-source file compiled with @option{-fprofile-arcs}, an accompanying @file{.gcda}
-file will be placed in the object file directory. That implicitly requires
-running the program on the same system as it was built or having the same
-absolute directory structure on the target system. The program will try
-to create the needed directory structure, if it is not already present.
-
-To support cross-profiling, a program compiled with @option{-fprofile-arcs}
-can relocate the data files based on two environment variables:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-GCOV_PREFIX contains the prefix to add to the absolute paths
-in the object file. Prefix can be absolute, or relative. The
-default is no prefix.
-
-@item
-GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP indicates the how many initial directory names to strip off
-the hardwired absolute paths. Default value is 0.
-
-@emph{Note:} If GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP is set without GCOV_PREFIX is undefined,
- then a relative path is made out of the hardwired absolute paths.
-@end itemize
-
-For example, if the object file @file{/user/build/foo.o} was built with
-@option{-fprofile-arcs}, the final executable will try to create the data file
-@file{/user/build/foo.gcda} when running on the target system. This will
-fail if the corresponding directory does not exist and it is unable to create
-it. This can be overcome by, for example, setting the environment as
-@samp{GCOV_PREFIX=/target/run} and @samp{GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP=1}. Such a
-setting will name the data file @file{/target/run/build/foo.gcda}.
-
-You must move the data files to the expected directory tree in order to
-use them for profile directed optimizations (@option{-fprofile-use}), or to
-use the @command{gcov} tool.
-
-@node Freestanding Environments
-@section Profiling and Test Coverage in Freestanding Environments
-
-In case your application runs in a hosted environment such as GNU/Linux, then
-this section is likely not relevant to you. This section is intended for
-application developers targeting freestanding environments (for example
-embedded systems) with limited resources. In particular, systems or test cases
-which do not support constructors/destructors or the C library file I/O. In
-this section, the @dfn{target system} runs your application instrumented for
-profiling or test coverage. You develop and analyze your application on the
-@dfn{host system}. We now provide an overview how profiling and test coverage
-can be obtained in this scenario followed by a tutorial which can be exercised
-on the host system. Finally, some system initialization caveats are listed.
-
-@subsection Overview
-
-For an application instrumented for profiling or test coverage, the compiler
-generates some global data structures which are updated by instrumentation code
-while the application runs. These data structures are called the @dfn{gcov
-information}. Normally, when the application exits, the gcov information is
-stored to @file{.gcda} files. There is one file per translation unit
-instrumented for profiling or test coverage. The function
-@code{__gcov_exit()}, which stores the gcov information to a file, is called by
-a global destructor function for each translation unit instrumented for
-profiling or test coverage. It runs at process exit. In a global constructor
-function, the @code{__gcov_init()} function is called to register the gcov
-information of a translation unit in a global list. In some situations, this
-procedure does not work. Firstly, if you want to profile the global
-constructor or exit processing of an operating system, the compiler generated
-functions may conflict with the test objectives. Secondly, you may want to
-test early parts of the system initialization or abnormal program behaviour
-which do not allow a global constructor or exit processing. Thirdly, you need
-a filesystem to store the files.
-
-The @option{-fprofile-info-section} GCC option enables you to use profiling and
-test coverage in freestanding environments. This option disables the use of
-global constructors and destructors for the gcov information. Instead, a
-pointer to the gcov information is stored in a special linker input section for
-each translation unit which is compiled with this option. By default, the
-section name is @code{.gcov_info}. The gcov information is statically
-initialized. The pointers to the gcov information from all translation units
-of an executable can be collected by the linker in a contiguous memory block.
-For the GNU linker, the below linker script output section definition can be
-used to achieve this:
-
-@smallexample
- .gcov_info :
- @{
- PROVIDE (__gcov_info_start = .);
- KEEP (*(.gcov_info))
- PROVIDE (__gcov_info_end = .);
- @}
-@end smallexample
-
-The linker will provide two global symbols, @code{__gcov_info_start} and
-@code{__gcov_info_end}, which define the start and end of the array of pointers
-to gcov information blocks, respectively. The @code{KEEP ()} directive is
-required to prevent a garbage collection of the pointers. They are not
-directly referenced by anything in the executable. The section may be placed
-in a read-only memory area.
-
-In order to transfer the profiling and test coverage data from the target to
-the host system, the application has to provide a function to produce a
-reliable in order byte stream from the target to the host. The byte stream may
-be compressed and encoded using error detection and correction codes to meet
-application-specific requirements. The GCC provided @file{libgcov} target
-library provides two functions, @code{__gcov_info_to_gcda()} and
-@code{__gcov_filename_to_gcfn()}, to generate a byte stream from a gcov
-information bock. The functions are declared in @code{#include <gcov.h>}. The
-byte stream can be deserialized by the @command{merge-stream} subcommand of the
-@command{gcov-tool} to create or update @file{.gcda} files in the host
-filesystem for the instrumented application.
-
-@subsection Tutorial
-
-This tutorial should be exercised on the host system. We will build a program
-instrumented for test coverage. The program runs an application and dumps the
-gcov information to @file{stderr} encoded as a printable character stream. The
-application simply decodes such character streams from @file{stdin} and writes
-the decoded character stream to @file{stdout} (warning: this is binary data).
-The decoded character stream is consumed by the @command{merge-stream}
-subcommand of the @command{gcov-tool} to create or update the @file{.gcda}
-files.
-
-To get started, create an empty directory. Change into the new directory.
-Then you will create the following three files in this directory
-
-@enumerate
-@item
-@file{app.h} - a header file included by @file{app.c} and @file{main.c},
-
-@item
-@file{app.c} - a source file which contains an example application, and
-
-@item
-@file{main.c} - a source file which contains the program main function and code
-to dump the gcov information.
-@end enumerate
-
-Firstly, create the header file @file{app.h} with the following content:
-
-@smallexample
-static const unsigned char a = 'a';
-
-static inline unsigned char *
-encode (unsigned char c, unsigned char buf[2])
-@{
- buf[0] = c % 16 + a;
- buf[1] = (c / 16) % 16 + a;
- return buf;
-@}
-
-extern void application (void);
-@end smallexample
-
-Secondly, create the source file @file{app.c} with the following content:
-
-@smallexample
-#include "app.h"
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-/* The application reads a character stream encoded by encode() from stdin,
- decodes it, and writes the decoded characters to stdout. Characters other
- than the 16 characters 'a' to 'p' are ignored. */
-
-static int can_decode (unsigned char c)
-@{
- return (unsigned char)(c - a) < 16;
-@}
-
-void
-application (void)
-@{
- int first = 1;
- int i;
- unsigned char c;
-
- while ((i = fgetc (stdin)) != EOF)
- @{
- unsigned char x = (unsigned char)i;
-
- if (can_decode (x))
- @{
- if (first)
- c = x - a;
- else
- fputc (c + 16 * (x - a), stdout);
- first = !first;
- @}
- else
- first = 1;
- @}
-@}
-@end smallexample
-
-Thirdly, create the source file @file{main.c} with the following content:
-
-@smallexample
-#include "app.h"
-
-#include <gcov.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-/* The start and end symbols are provided by the linker script. We use the
- array notation to avoid issues with a potential small-data area. */
-
-extern const struct gcov_info *const __gcov_info_start[];
-extern const struct gcov_info *const __gcov_info_end[];
-
-/* This function shall produce a reliable in order byte stream to transfer the
- gcov information from the target to the host system. */
-
-static void
-dump (const void *d, unsigned n, void *arg)
-@{
- (void)arg;
- const unsigned char *c = d;
- unsigned char buf[2];
-
- for (unsigned i = 0; i < n; ++i)
- fwrite (encode (c[i], buf), sizeof (buf), 1, stderr);
-@}
-
-/* The filename is serialized to a gcfn data stream by the
- __gcov_filename_to_gcfn() function. The gcfn data is used by the
- "merge-stream" subcommand of the "gcov-tool" to figure out the filename
- associated with the gcov information. */
-
-static void
-filename (const char *f, void *arg)
-@{
- __gcov_filename_to_gcfn (f, dump, arg);
-@}
-
-/* The __gcov_info_to_gcda() function may have to allocate memory under
- certain conditions. Simply try it out if it is needed for your application
- or not. */
-
-static void *
-allocate (unsigned length, void *arg)
-@{
- (void)arg;
- return malloc (length);
-@}
-
-/* Dump the gcov information of all translation units. */
-
-static void
-dump_gcov_info (void)
-@{
- const struct gcov_info *const *info = __gcov_info_start;
- const struct gcov_info *const *end = __gcov_info_end;
-
- /* Obfuscate variable to prevent compiler optimizations. */
- __asm__ ("" : "+r" (info));
-
- while (info != end)
- @{
- void *arg = NULL;
- __gcov_info_to_gcda (*info, filename, dump, allocate, arg);
- fputc ('\n', stderr);
- ++info;
- @}
-@}
-
-/* The main() function just runs the application and then dumps the gcov
- information to stderr. */
-
-int
-main (void)
-@{
- application ();
- dump_gcov_info ();
- return 0;
-@}
-@end smallexample
-
-If we compile @file{app.c} with test coverage and no extra profiling options,
-then a global constructor (@code{_sub_I_00100_0} here, it may have a different
-name in your environment) and destructor (@code{_sub_D_00100_1}) is used to
-register and dump the gcov information, respectively. We also see undefined
-references to @code{__gcov_init} and @code{__gcov_exit}:
-
-@smallexample
-$ gcc --coverage -c app.c
-$ nm app.o
-0000000000000000 r a
-0000000000000030 T application
-0000000000000000 t can_decode
- U fgetc
- U fputc
-0000000000000000 b __gcov0.application
-0000000000000038 b __gcov0.can_decode
-0000000000000000 d __gcov_.application
-00000000000000c0 d __gcov_.can_decode
- U __gcov_exit
- U __gcov_init
- U __gcov_merge_add
- U stdin
- U stdout
-0000000000000161 t _sub_D_00100_1
-0000000000000151 t _sub_I_00100_0
-@end smallexample
-
-Compile @file{app.c} and @file{main.c} with test coverage and
-@option{-fprofile-info-section}. Now, a read-only pointer size object is
-present in the @code{.gcov_info} section and there are no undefined references
-to @code{__gcov_init} and @code{__gcov_exit}:
-
-@smallexample
-$ gcc --coverage -fprofile-info-section -c main.c
-$ gcc --coverage -fprofile-info-section -c app.c
-$ objdump -h app.o
-
-app.o: file format elf64-x86-64
-
-Sections:
-Idx Name Size VMA LMA File off Algn
- 0 .text 00000151 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000040 2**0
- CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, CODE
- 1 .data 00000100 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000001a0 2**5
- CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, DATA
- 2 .bss 00000040 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000002a0 2**5
- ALLOC
- 3 .rodata 0000003c 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000002a0 2**3
- CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, DATA
- 4 .gcov_info 00000008 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000002e0 2**3
- CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, DATA
- 5 .comment 0000004e 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000002e8 2**0
- CONTENTS, READONLY
- 6 .note.GNU-stack 00000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000336 2**0
- CONTENTS, READONLY
- 7 .eh_frame 00000058 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000338 2**3
- CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, DATA
-@end smallexample
-
-We have to customize the program link procedure so that all the
-@code{.gcov_info} linker input sections are placed in a contiguous memory block
-with a begin and end symbol. Firstly, get the default linker script using the
-following commands (we assume a GNU linker):
-
-@smallexample
-$ ld --verbose | sed '1,/^===/d' | sed '/^===/d' > linkcmds
-@end smallexample
-
-Secondly, open the file @file{linkcmds} with a text editor and place the linker
-output section definition from the overview after the @code{.rodata} section
-definition. Link the program executable using the customized linker script:
-
-@smallexample
-$ gcc --coverage main.o app.o -T linkcmds -Wl,-Map,app.map
-@end smallexample
-
-In the linker map file @file{app.map}, we see that the linker placed the
-read-only pointer size objects of our objects files @file{main.o} and
-@file{app.o} into a contiguous memory block and provided the symbols
-@code{__gcov_info_start} and @code{__gcov_info_end}:
-
-@smallexample
-$ grep -C 1 "\.gcov_info" app.map
-
-.gcov_info 0x0000000000403ac0 0x10
- 0x0000000000403ac0 PROVIDE (__gcov_info_start = .)
- *(.gcov_info)
- .gcov_info 0x0000000000403ac0 0x8 main.o
- .gcov_info 0x0000000000403ac8 0x8 app.o
- 0x0000000000403ad0 PROVIDE (__gcov_info_end = .)
-@end smallexample
-
-Make sure no @file{.gcda} files are present. Run the program with nothing to
-decode and dump @file{stderr} to the file @file{gcda-0.txt} (first run). Run
-the program to decode @file{gcda-0.txt} and send it to the @command{gcov-tool}
-using the @command{merge-stream} subcommand to create the @file{.gcda} files
-(second run). Run @command{gcov} to produce a report for @file{app.c}. We see
-that the first run with nothing to decode results in a partially covered
-application:
-
-@smallexample
-$ rm -f app.gcda main.gcda
-$ echo "" | ./a.out 2>gcda-0.txt
-$ ./a.out <gcda-0.txt 2>gcda-1.txt | gcov-tool merge-stream
-$ gcov -bc app.c
-File 'app.c'
-Lines executed:69.23% of 13
-Branches executed:66.67% of 6
-Taken at least once:50.00% of 6
-Calls executed:66.67% of 3
-Creating 'app.c.gcov'
-
-Lines executed:69.23% of 13
-@end smallexample
-
-Run the program to decode @file{gcda-1.txt} and send it to the
-@command{gcov-tool} using the @command{merge-stream} subcommand to update the
-@file{.gcda} files. Run @command{gcov} to produce a report for @file{app.c}.
-Since the second run decoded the gcov information of the first run, we have now
-a fully covered application:
-
-@smallexample
-$ ./a.out <gcda-1.txt 2>gcda-2.txt | gcov-tool merge-stream
-$ gcov -bc app.c
-File 'app.c'
-Lines executed:100.00% of 13
-Branches executed:100.00% of 6
-Taken at least once:100.00% of 6
-Calls executed:100.00% of 3
-Creating 'app.c.gcov'
-
-Lines executed:100.00% of 13
-@end smallexample
-
-@subsection System Initialization Caveats
-
-The gcov information of a translation unit consists of several global data
-structures. For example, the instrumented code may update program flow graph
-edge counters in a zero-initialized data structure. It is safe to run
-instrumented code before the zero-initialized data is cleared to zero. The
-coverage information obtained before the zero-initialized data is cleared to
-zero is unusable. Dumping the gcov information using
-@code{__gcov_info_to_gcda()} before the zero-initialized data is cleared to
-zero or the initialized data is loaded, is undefined behaviour. Clearing the
-zero-initialized data to zero through a function instrumented for profiling or
-test coverage is undefined behaviour, since it may produce inconsistent program
-flow graph edge counters for example.