aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gcc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'gcc')
-rw-r--r--gcc/gcov-io.cc6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/gcov-io.cc b/gcc/gcov-io.cc
index c2e9e2b6..72c40f8 100644
--- a/gcc/gcov-io.cc
+++ b/gcc/gcov-io.cc
@@ -473,9 +473,9 @@ mangle_path (char const *base)
/* We need to expose the below function when compiling for gcov-tool. */
#if !IN_LIBGCOV || defined (IN_GCOV_TOOL)
-/* Read string from coverage file. Returns a pointer to a static
- buffer, or NULL on empty string. You must copy the string before
- calling another gcov function. */
+/* Read string from coverage file. Allocate the buffer for the string
+ from the heap or die. Return a pointer to the string, or NULL on
+ empty string. */
GCOV_LINKAGE const char *
gcov_read_string (void)