* wwwdocs: Add symver and -fprofile-prefix-path to changes.html
@ 2020-05-05 15:02 Jan Hubicka
2020-05-05 19:33 ` Gerald Pfeifer
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From: Jan Hubicka @ 2020-05-05 15:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc-patches, gerald
Hi,
this patch adds mention of -fprofile-prefix-path and symver attribute.
diff --git a/htdocs/gcc-10/changes.html b/htdocs/gcc-10/changes.html
index 4497be14..45cb906f 100644
--- a/htdocs/gcc-10/changes.html
+++ b/htdocs/gcc-10/changes.html
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ a work-in-progress.</p>
This makes it possible to rebuild program
with same outcome which is useful, for example, for distribution packages.
</li>
+ <li><a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-10.1.0/gcc/Optimize-Options.html#index-fprofile-prefix-path"><code>-fprofile-prefix-path</code></a>
+ can be used in combination with <code>-fprofile-generate=profile_dir</code> and
+ <code>-fprofile-use=profile_dir</code> to inform GCC where is the base
+ directory of built source tree in case it differs between instrumentation
+ and optimized builds.
+ </li>
<li><a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Static-Analyzer-Options.html">-fanalyzer</a>
enables a new static analysis pass and associated warnings.
This pass performs a time-consuming exploration of paths through
@@ -207,6 +213,12 @@ a work-in-progress.</p>
the detection of invalid accesses by user-defined functions, such
as those diagnosed by <code>-Wstringop-overflow</code>.
</li>
+ <li>
+ The <code>symver</code> attributes can be used to to bind symbols to
+ specific version nodes on ELF platfroms. This is preferred to using
+ inline assembly with GAS <code>symver</code> directive because the later
+ is not compatible with link-time optimizations.
+ </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>New warnings:
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* Re: wwwdocs: Add symver and -fprofile-prefix-path to changes.html
2020-05-05 15:02 wwwdocs: Add symver and -fprofile-prefix-path to changes.html Jan Hubicka
@ 2020-05-05 19:33 ` Gerald Pfeifer
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From: Gerald Pfeifer @ 2020-05-05 19:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Hubicka; +Cc: gcc-patches
On Tue, 5 May 2020, Jan Hubicka wrote:
> this patch adds mention of -fprofile-prefix-path and symver attribute.
Thank you, Honza!
> + <li><a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-10.1.0/gcc/Optimize-Options.html#index-fprofile-prefix-path"><code>-fprofile-prefix-path</code></a>
> + can be used in combination with <code>-fprofile-generate=profile_dir</code> and
> + <code>-fprofile-use=profile_dir</code> to inform GCC where is the base
> + directory of built source tree in case it differs between instrumentation
> + and optimized builds.
"...where the base directory ... is in case" (or "...resides in case")
Maybe "instrumented" instead of "instrumentation"?
And what is a "built source tree"? Can we say "build tree"?
> + The <code>symver</code> attributes can be used to to bind symbols to
"attribute" (singular) I believe?
"to to" -> "to"
> + specific version nodes on ELF platfroms. This is preferred to using
"platforms"
> + inline assembly with GAS <code>symver</code> directive because the later
"with the GNU as <code>symver</code> directive" (though "GNU as" over
"GAS" is my preference, feel free to ignore).
"the latter"
Okay with those changes - thanks!
Gerald
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