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

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Message-Id: <018fe29b-bad5-e789-1fe7-73f42a90a65e@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 5 Mar 2019 15:07:41 +0100
From:   Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Tri Vo <trong@...roid.com>
Cc:     ghackmann@...roid.com, ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] gcov: docs: add a note on GCC vs Clang differences

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@...roid.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>

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Peter Oberparleiter
Linux on Z Development - IBM Germany