From 5223e95ac279580bc9df57bd51c9badb3f98795a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Liska Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 10:05:26 +0100 Subject: Document gcov-io (PR gcov-profile/84735). 2018-03-08 Martin Liska PR gcov-profile/84735 * doc/gcov.texi: Document usage of profile files. * gcov-io.h: Document changes in the format. From-SVN: r258360 --- gcc/doc/gcov.texi | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'gcc/doc/gcov.texi') 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 -- cgit v1.1