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From: "marxin at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org>
To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: [Bug gcov-profile/100751] __gcov_dump and __gcov_reset usage
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 07:56:25 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-100751-4-DnV3LEv2pi@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-100751-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=100751

Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                URL|                            |https://gcc.gnu.org/piperma
                   |                            |il/gcc-patches/2021-May/571
                   |                            |152.html
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |ASSIGNED
   Last reconfirmed|                            |2021-05-25
           Assignee|unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org      |marxin at gcc dot gnu.org

--- Comment #3 from Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> For the second time and then onwards, __gcov_dump() invocation (by giving
> 'g' character during the a.out run) doesn't happen.

Yes, one can call __gcov_dump only once per run.
> 
> Another thing is  that, __gcov_reset() also doesn't appear to work. I tried
> giving the character 'r' during the run of the program but couldn't see the
> counters getting reset to 0 in the sample-prog.gcov file. The previous
> values of lines covered were there.

No, __gcov_reset resets run-time counters (profile collected so far during an
application run). If you want to clear profile, then simply remove .gcda files.

I've just send documentation improvement for it:
https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2021-May/571152.html

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-05-25  7:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-25  6:54 [Bug gcov-profile/100751] New: " gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-25  6:58 ` [Bug gcov-profile/100751] " gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-25  7:01 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-25  7:56 ` marxin at gcc dot gnu.org [this message]
2021-05-25 10:57 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-25 12:14 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-25 12:52 ` marxin at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-05-25 12:53 ` marxin at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-05-25 18:40 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-26  7:31 ` marxin at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-05-26  7:34 ` cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-05-26  7:34 ` marxin at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-05-26 15:13 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-27 13:53 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-27 13:57 ` marxin at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-05-27 13:58 ` marxin at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-05-28  5:49 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-28  6:15 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-28  6:18 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-28  6:22 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-28  7:30 ` marxin at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-05-28  9:57 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com
2021-05-28 11:38 ` cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-05-28 11:41 ` marxin at gcc dot gnu.org
2021-06-01  5:25 ` gejoed at rediffmail dot com

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