linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] gcov: add support for GCC 4.9

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Date:	Wed, 14 May 2014 10:18:29 +0200
From:	Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Yuan Pengfei <yuanpf12@....pku.edu.cn>,
	"'Andi Kleen'" <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	"'Andrew Morton'" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] gcov: add support for GCC 4.9

On 14.05.2014 06:27, Yuan Pengfei wrote:
> From: Yuan Pengfei <coolypf@...com>
> 
> This patch handles the gcov-related changes in GCC 4.9:
>   A new counter (time profile) is added. The total number is 9 now.
>   A new profile merge function __gcov_merge_time_profile is added.
> See gcc/gcov-io.h and libgcc/libgcov-merge.c
> For the first change, the layout of struct gcov_info is affected.
> For the second one, a dummy function is added to kernel/gcov/base.c similarly.
> Signed-off-by: Yuan Pengfei <coolypf@...com>

Looks good. Tested successfully on s390x with both GCC 4.9 and GCC 4.3.4.

Acked-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

> ---
>  kernel/gcov/base.c    | 6 ++++++
>  kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c | 5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/gcov/base.c b/kernel/gcov/base.c
> index f45b75b..b358a80 100644
> --- a/kernel/gcov/base.c
> +++ b/kernel/gcov/base.c
> @@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ void __gcov_merge_ior(gcov_type *counters, unsigned int n_counters)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(__gcov_merge_ior);
> 
> +void __gcov_merge_time_profile(gcov_type *counters, unsigned int n_counters)
> +{
> +	/* Unused. */
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__gcov_merge_time_profile);
> +
>  /**
>   * gcov_enable_events - enable event reporting through gcov_event()
>   *
> diff --git a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
> index 7465944..7f74b59 100644
> --- a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
> +++ b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
> @@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  #include "gcov.h"
> 
> +#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9
> +#define GCOV_COUNTERS			9
> +#else
>  #define GCOV_COUNTERS			8
> +#endif
> +
>  #define GCOV_TAG_FUNCTION_LENGTH	3
> 
>  static struct gcov_info *gcov_info_head;
> 


-- 
Peter Oberparleiter
Linux on System z Development - IBM Germany

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