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SubjectRe: [RFC Patch 0/5] gcov: integrate gcov into kbuild
Peter Oberparleiter wrote:
> Amerigo Wang wrote:
>> This patchset is mainly to integrate gcov into kbuild system, so that
>> we can use "make foo/bar.c.gcov" to get the gcov files.
>> Also moves the useful scripts in gcov.txt into tools/gcov/ direcotry.
>
> Interesting approach - this should definitely make it more easy for
> developers to get coverage data for their code. A couple of
> thoughts/observations:


Thanks!

>
> - does not work when compiling with a separate build directory (make O=)
>
> /sys/kernel/debug/gcov//mnt/out//mnt/linux-2.6.gcno:cannot open graph file
> make[2]: *** [init/main.c.gcov] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [init/main.c.gcov] Error 2
> make: *** [sub-make] Error 2
>
> This is most likely due to target_base_name being an absolute path
> (relative to srctree) in case build and source directories are different.
>


Hmm, yeah, I will fix it.

> - gcov call should use option -p, otherwise gcov may overwrite .gcov
> files if a .c file includes two .h files from different directories.


Ok.

> - an option to generate .gcov files for all .c files in a subdirectory
> would be nice

Nice idea! I will add this.


Thank you, I will update and resend them!


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