Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] gcov: docs: add a note on GCC vs Clang differences

From: Peter Oberparleiter
Date: Tue Mar 05 2019 - 09:17:59 EST


On 23.01.2019 00:37, Tri Vo wrote:
> Document some things of note to gcov users:
> 1. GCC gcov and Clang llvm-cov tools are not compatible.
> 2. The use of GCC vs Clang is transparent at build-time.

For completeness sake please also add something like the following to
the commit message:

Also adjust the documentation to account for the removal of config
symbol CONFIG_GCOV_FORMAT_AUTODETECT by commit 6a61b70b43c9
("gcov: remove CONFIG_GCOV_FORMAT_AUTODETECT").

>
> Signed-off-by: Tri Vo <trong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Peter Oberparleiter
Linux on Z Development - IBM Germany