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| author | Martin Liska <mliska@suse.cz> | 2020-05-11 09:25:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Martin Liska <mliska@suse.cz> | 2020-05-11 09:25:46 +0200 |
| commit | 10a9bf806cf180915c20f9971d33da8ff2d663c1 (patch) | |
| tree | a28e84469c45266d6670d0473fa44afef51dfe2d /gcc/gcov-io.h | |
| parent | 0447929f11e6a3e1b076841712b90a8b6bc7d33a (diff) | |
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Add caveat about parsing of .gcda and .gcno files.
PR gcov-profile/94928
* gcov-io.h: Add caveat about coverage format parsing and
possible outdated documentation.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/gcov-io.h b/gcc/gcov-io.h index d21a43c..ef888f3 100644 --- a/gcc/gcov-io.h +++ b/gcc/gcov-io.h @@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ -/* Coverage information is held in two files. A notes file, which is +/* CAVEAT: Coverage information files should not be parsed directly, + instead use `gcov --json-format`, which provides + machine-readable coverage information. + + Note that the following file format documentation might be outdated. + + Coverage information is held in two files. A notes file, which is generated by the compiler, and a data file, which is generated by the program under test. Both files use a similar structure. We do not attempt to make these files backwards compatible with previous |