Re: AW: AW: AW: Problem using gcov

["Martin Liška" <mliska@suse.cz>]

On 02/26/2018 03:41 PM, Alexander Fichtinger wrote:
> Ok, thanks for the info.
> 
> I just saw the description in the bug-report.
> When we document this for our customers, it's ok, I think. 

Thanks for understanding. I would just note that there's couple of similar issues
you probably want to be aware of:

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83434
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83505
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83587
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83616
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83678
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83813
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83813

Martin

> 
> Thanks and kind regards,
> Alexander
> 
> -----UrsprĂźngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org] Im Auftrag von Martin Liška
> Gesendet: Montag, 26. Februar 2018 15:36
> An: Alexander Fichtinger <alexander.fichtinger@logicals.com>; gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: Problem using gcov
> 
> On 02/26/2018 03:02 PM, Alexander Fichtinger wrote:
>> Thanks Martin!
>>
>> I've seen that the target milestone for this bug is 8.0.
> 
> I did, but as described in https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84572#c1
> I'm not planning to fix it in the next releases. It's just a minor issue in GCOV infrastructure.
> 
> Thank you for understanding,
> Martin
> 
>>
>> When is 8.0 going to be released?
>>
>> Thanks and kind regards,
>> Alexander
>>
>> -----UrsprĂźngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org] Im Auftrag 
>> von Martin Liška
>> Gesendet: Montag, 26. Februar 2018 14:57
>> An: Alexander Fichtinger <alexander.fichtinger@logicals.com>; 
>> gcc@gcc.gnu.org
>> Betreff: Re: AW: Problem using gcov
>>
>> On 02/26/2018 11:30 AM, Alexander Fichtinger wrote:
>>> Hi Martin,
>>>
>>> sorry that it took me so long to create the standalone sample, but I was very busy the last few days.
>>>
>>>
>>> We can reproduce the strange behavior in a standalone scenario.
>>>
>>> I've provided it in the attachments.
>>> In the ZIP-file there is also a README.txt which contains the commands which I called.
>>>
>>> And the line with the "strange" execution count is also mentioned.
>>>
>>> Thank you and kind regards,
>>>
>>> Alexander
>>>
>>>
>>> -----UrsprĂźngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: Martin Liška [mailto:mliska@suse.cz]
>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2018 10:43
>>> An: Alexander Fichtinger <alexander.fichtinger@logicals.com>; 
>>> gcc@gcc.gnu.org
>>> Betreff: Re: Problem using gcov
>>>
>>> On 02/21/2018 02:33 PM, Alexander Fichtinger wrote:
>>>> When you look at line 23 it is called 1 time. Line 24 is called 2 times (the bold one).
>>>> We already looked in the disassembly but did not see a reason why the line should be executed 2 times.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help here, please?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Alex
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Sure, can you please send a self-contained test-case that I can run?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>
>> No problem, I can confirm the problem:
>> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84572
>>
>> Martin
>>
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