Re: [PATCH] gcov: add support for GCC 14

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Jun 10 2024 - 13:45:51 EST


On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:41:19 -0400 Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 11:27:43AM +0200, Peter Oberparleiter wrote:
> > Using gcov on kernels compiled with GCC 14 results in truncated 16-byte
> > long .gcda files with no usable data. To fix this, update GCOV_COUNTERS
> > to match the value defined by GCC 14.
> >
> > Tested with GCC versions 14.1.0 and 13.2.0.
> >
>
> ...
>
> Tested-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>

I assume this problem will affect people who use gcc-14 to compile
older kernels, so I have added cc:stable to this patch.