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* gcov.c (bb_file_time): New static variable.

	(object_directory): May also be object file.
	(preserve_paths): New static variable.
	(print_usage): Adjust.
	(options): Adjust.
	(process_args): Adjust.
	(open_files): Simplify. Cope when OBJECT_DIRECTORY is an object
	file. Find modification date on bb file.
	(read_profile): Don't rewind a NULL file.
	(format_hwint): New static function.
	(function_summary): Use format_hwint.
	(output_data): SOURCE_FILE_NAME is never relative to
	OBJECT_DIRECTORY. Use format_hwint. Adjust gcov file name
	mangling. Adjust output format to make it more machine readable.
	* doc/gcov.texi: Document & clarify semantics.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@56028 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
parent d5a2461c
2002-08-04 Nathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com>
* gcov.c (bb_file_time): New static variable.
(object_directory): May also be object file.
(preserve_paths): New static variable.
(print_usage): Adjust.
(options): Adjust.
(process_args): Adjust.
(open_files): Simplify. Cope when OBJECT_DIRECTORY is an object
file. Find modification date on bb file.
(read_profile): Don't rewind a NULL file.
(format_hwint): New static function.
(function_summary): Use format_hwint.
(output_data): SOURCE_FILE_NAME is never relative to
OBJECT_DIRECTORY. Use format_hwint. Adjust gcov file name
mangling. Adjust output format to make it more machine readable.
* doc/gcov.texi: Document & clarify semantics.
2002-08-04 Joseph S. Myers <jsm@polyomino.org.uk>
 
* doc/include/gcc-common.texi (version-GCC): Increase to 3.3.
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@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001,
@c 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GCC manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
@ignore
@c man begin COPYRIGHT
Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
......@@ -47,12 +48,13 @@ test code coverage in your programs.
@c man begin DESCRIPTION
@command{gcov} is a test coverage program. Use it in concert with GCC
to analyze your programs to help create more efficient, faster
running code. You can use @command{gcov} as a profiling tool to help
discover where your optimization efforts will best affect your code. You
can also use @command{gcov} along with the other profiling tool,
@command{gprof}, to assess which parts of your code use the greatest amount
of computing time.
to analyze your programs to help create more efficient, faster running
code and to discover untested parts of your program. You can use
@command{gcov} as a profiling tool to help discover where your
optimization efforts will best affect your code. You can also use
@command{gcov} along with the other profiling tool, @command{gprof}, to
assess which parts of your code use the greatest amount of computing
time.
Profiling tools help you analyze your code's performance. Using a
profiler such as @command{gcov} or @command{gprof}, you can find out some
......@@ -117,10 +119,13 @@ gcov @r{[}@var{options}@r{]} @var{sourcefile}
@ignore
@c man begin SYNOPSIS
gcov [@option{-v}|@option{--version}] [@option{-h}|@option{--help}]
[@option{-b}|@option{--branch-probabilities}] [@option{-c}|@option{--branch-counts}]
[@option{-n}|@option{--no-output}] [@option{-l}|@option{--long-file-names}]
[@option{-b}|@option{--branch-probabilities}]
[@option{-c}|@option{--branch-counts}]
[@option{-n}|@option{--no-output}]
[@option{-l}|@option{--long-file-names}]
[@option{-p}|@option{--preserve-paths}]
[@option{-f}|@option{--function-summaries}]
[@option{-o}|@option{--object-directory} @var{directory}] @var{sourcefile}
[@option{-o}|@option{--object-directory} @var{directory|file}] @var{sourcefile}
@c man end
@c man begin SEEALSO
gpl(7), gfdl(7), fsf-funding(7), gcc(1) and the Info entry for @file{gcc}.
......@@ -159,31 +164,70 @@ Do not create the @command{gcov} output file.
Create long file names for included source files. For example, if the
header file @file{x.h} contains code, and was included in the file
@file{a.c}, then running @command{gcov} on the file @file{a.c} will produce
an output file called @file{a.c.x.h.gcov} instead of @file{x.h.gcov}.
an output file called @file{a.c##x.h.gcov} instead of @file{x.h.gcov}.
This can be useful if @file{x.h} is included in multiple source files.
@item -p
@itemx --preserve-paths
Preserve complete path information in the names of generated
@file{.gcov} files. Without this option, just the filename component is
used. With this option, all directories are used, with '/' characters
translated to '#' characters, '.' directory components removed and '..'
components renamed to '^'. This is useful if sourcefiles are in several
different directories. It also affects the @samp{-l} option.
@item -f
@itemx --function-summaries
Output summaries for each function in addition to the file level summary.
@item -o @var{directory}
@item -o @var{directory|file}
@itemx --object-directory @var{directory}
The directory where the object files live. Gcov will search for @file{.bb},
@file{.bbg}, and @file{.da} files in this directory.
@itemx --object-file @var{file}
Specify either the directory containing the gcov data files, or the
object path name. The @file{.bb}, @file{.bbg}, and
@file{.da} data files are searched for using this option. If a directory
is specified, the data files are in that directory and named after the
source file name, without its extension. If a file is specified here,
the data files are named after that file, without its extension. If this
option is not supplied, it defaults to the current directory.
@end table
@need 3000
Gcov should be run with the current directory the same as that when you
invoked the compiler. Otherwise it will not be able to locate the source
files. Gcov produces files called @file{@var{mangledname}.gcov} in the
current directory. These contain the coverage information of the source
file they correspond to. One @file{.gcov} file is produced for each
source file containing code, which was compiled to produce the data
files. The @file{.gcov} files contain the ':' separated fields along
with program source code. The format is
@smallexample
@var{execution_count}:@var{line_number}:@var{source line text}
@end smallexample
Additional block information may succeed each line, when requested by
command line option. The @var{execution_count} is @samp{-} for lines
containing no code and @samp{#####} for lines which were never
executed. Some lines of information at the start have @var{line_number}
of zero.
When printing percentages, 0% and 100% are only printed when the values
are @emph{exactly} 0% and 100% respectively. Other values which would
conventionally be rounded to 0% or 100% are instead printed as the
nearest non-boundary value.
When using @command{gcov}, you must first compile your program with two
special GCC options: @samp{-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage}.
This tells the compiler to generate additional information needed by
gcov (basically a flow graph of the program) and also includes
additional code in the object files for generating the extra profiling
information needed by gcov. These additional files are placed in the
directory where the source code is located.
directory where the object file is located.
Running the program will cause profile output to be generated. For each
source file compiled with @option{-fprofile-arcs}, an accompanying @file{.da}
file will be placed in the source directory.
file will be placed in the object file directory.
Running @command{gcov} with your program's source file names as arguments
will now produce a listing of the code along with frequency of execution
......@@ -194,7 +238,7 @@ is what you see when you use the basic @command{gcov} facility:
$ gcc -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage tmp.c
$ a.out
$ gcov tmp.c
87.50% of 8 source lines executed in file tmp.c
90.00% of 10 source lines executed in file tmp.c
Creating tmp.c.gcov.
@end smallexample
......@@ -202,20 +246,25 @@ The file @file{tmp.c.gcov} contains output from @command{gcov}.
Here is a sample:
@smallexample
main()
@{
1 int i, total;
1 total = 0;
11 for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
10 total += i;
1 if (total != 45)
###### printf ("Failure\n");
else
1 printf ("Success\n");
1 @}
-: 0:Source:tmp.c
-: 0:Object:tmp.bb
-: 1:#include <stdio.h>
-: 2:
-: 3:int main (void)
1: 4:@{
1: 5: int i, total;
-: 6:
1: 7: total = 0;
-: 8:
11: 9: for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
10: 10: total += i;
-: 11:
1: 12: if (total != 45)
#####: 13: printf ("Failure\n");
-: 14: else
1: 15: printf ("Success\n");
1: 16: return 0;
1: 17:@}
@end smallexample
@need 450
......@@ -223,37 +272,42 @@ When you use the @option{-b} option, your output looks like this:
@smallexample
$ gcov -b tmp.c
87.50% of 8 source lines executed in file tmp.c
80.00% of 5 branches executed in file tmp.c
80.00% of 5 branches taken at least once in file tmp.c
50.00% of 2 calls executed in file tmp.c
90.00% of 10 source lines executed in file tmp.c
80.00% of 5 branches executed in file tmp.c
80.00% of 5 branches taken at least once in file tmp.c
50.00% of 2 calls executed in file tmp.c
Creating tmp.c.gcov.
@end smallexample
Here is a sample of a resulting @file{tmp.c.gcov} file:
@smallexample
main()
@{
1 int i, total;
1 total = 0;
11 for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
branch 0 taken = 91%
branch 1 taken = 100%
branch 2 taken = 100%
10 total += i;
1 if (total != 45)
branch 0 taken = 100%
###### printf ("Failure\n");
call 0 never executed
branch 1 never executed
else
1 printf ("Success\n");
call 0 returns = 100%
1 @}
-: 0:Source:tmp.c
-: 0:Object:tmp.bb
-: 1:#include <stdio.h>
-: 2:
-: 3:int main (void)
1: 4:@{
1: 5: int i, total;
-: 6:
1: 7: total = 0;
-: 8:
11: 9: for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
branch 0: taken 90%
branch 1: taken 100%
branch 2: taken 100%
10: 10: total += i;
-: 11:
1: 12: if (total != 45)
branch 0: taken 100%
#####: 13: printf ("Failure\n");
call 0: never executed
branch 1: never executed
-: 14: else
1: 15: printf ("Success\n");
call 0: returns 100%
1: 16: return 0;
1: 17:@}
@end smallexample
For each basic block, a line is printed after the last line of the basic
......@@ -286,11 +340,11 @@ provide more accurate long-term information over a large number of
program runs.
The data in the @file{.da} files is saved immediately before the program
exits. For each source file compiled with @option{-fprofile-arcs}, the profiling
code first attempts to read in an existing @file{.da} file; if the file
doesn't match the executable (differing number of basic block counts) it
will ignore the contents of the file. It then adds in the new execution
counts and finally writes the data to the file.
exits. For each source file compiled with @option{-fprofile-arcs}, the
profiling code first attempts to read in an existing @file{.da} file; if
the file doesn't match the executable (differing number of basic block
counts) it will ignore the contents of the file. It then adds in the
new execution counts and finally writes the data to the file.
@node Gcov and Optimization
@section Using @command{gcov} with GCC Optimization
......@@ -319,10 +373,10 @@ the @command{gcov} output looks like this if you compiled the program with
optimization:
@smallexample
100 if (a != b)
100 c = 1;
100 else
100 c = 0;
100: 12:if (a != b)
100: 13: c = 1;
100: 14:else
100: 15: c = 0;
@end smallexample
The output shows that this block of code, combined by optimization,
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