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authorFrantisek Hrbata <fhrbata@redhat.com>2013-11-12 15:11:27 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-11-13 12:09:34 +0900
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parent5f41ea0386a53414d688cfcaa321a78310e5f7c1 (diff)
downloadlinux-next-17c568d60af5a810208baf116dc174a2005c6c3e.tar.gz
gcov: compile specific gcov implementation based on gcc version
Compile the correct gcov implementation file for the specific gcc version. Signed-off-by: Frantisek Hrbata <fhrbata@redhat.com> Cc: Jan Stancek <jstancek@redhat.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: Peter Oberparleiter <peter.oberparleiter@de.ibm.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Andy Gospodarek <agospoda@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/gcov.txt b/Documentation/gcov.txt
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@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ Configure the kernel with:
CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL=y
+select the gcc's gcov format, default is autodetect based on gcc version:
+
+ CONFIG_GCOV_FORMAT_AUTODETECT=y
+
and to get coverage data for the entire kernel:
CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL=y