[PATCH 1/4] gcov: fix gcov_info_add() merge semantics for IOR counters
From: Sasha Levin
Date: Sat Mar 14 2026 - 10:19:11 EST
gcov_info_add() unconditionally uses += to merge all counter types.
This is wrong for counters that use IOR merge semantics (bitwise OR),
such as GCOV_COUNTER_IOR and GCC 14's GCOV_COUNTER_CONDS (MC/DC
condition coverage). These counters store bitsets that must be merged
with |=, not accumulated with +=.
Detect IOR merge semantics by comparing the merge function pointer
against __gcov_merge_ior, matching how GCC's own libgcov identifies
merge semantics. This fixes the pre-existing bug for GCOV_COUNTER_IOR
and also enables correct merging for MC/DC condition coverage data.
Fixes: 5f41ea0386a5 ("gcov: add support for gcc 4.7 gcov format")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
index 8fa22ababd943..923cfb34966b2 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
+++ b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include "gcov.h"
+extern void __gcov_merge_ior(gcov_type *, unsigned int);
+
#if (__GNUC__ >= 15)
#define GCOV_COUNTERS 10
#elif (__GNUC__ >= 14)
@@ -187,6 +189,15 @@ static int counter_active(struct gcov_info *info, unsigned int type)
return info->merge[type] ? 1 : 0;
}
+/*
+ * Determine whether a counter uses IOR merge semantics (bitwise OR of
+ * bitsets). Used for condition coverage (MC/DC) and other IOR-based counters.
+ */
+static bool counter_is_ior(struct gcov_info *info, unsigned int type)
+{
+ return info->merge[type] == __gcov_merge_ior;
+}
+
/* Determine number of active counters. Based on gcc magic. */
static unsigned int num_counter_active(struct gcov_info *info)
{
@@ -259,9 +270,17 @@ void gcov_info_add(struct gcov_info *dst, struct gcov_info *src)
if (!counter_active(src, ct_idx))
continue;
- for (val_idx = 0; val_idx < sci_ptr->num; val_idx++)
- dci_ptr->values[val_idx] +=
- sci_ptr->values[val_idx];
+ if (counter_is_ior(src, ct_idx)) {
+ for (val_idx = 0; val_idx < sci_ptr->num;
+ val_idx++)
+ dci_ptr->values[val_idx] |=
+ sci_ptr->values[val_idx];
+ } else {
+ for (val_idx = 0; val_idx < sci_ptr->num;
+ val_idx++)
+ dci_ptr->values[val_idx] +=
+ sci_ptr->values[val_idx];
+ }
dci_ptr++;
sci_ptr++;
--
2.51.0