[patch][gcov] Clarify the internals a bit

Richard Guenther richard.guenther@gmail.com
Mon Jul 23 08:42:00 GMT 2012


On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> While reading up on how gcov/profiling works, I noticed that there are
> a lot of places where the notes file is still referred to as the
> "basic block graph" file. Also, the gcov manual has not been updated
> for -fprofile-dir. The attached patch addresses these issues, so that
> the next gcov newbie hopefully has an easier time understanding how
> everything fits together.
>
> Bootstrapped&tested on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu. OK?

Ok.

Thanks,
Richard.

> Ciao!
> Steven



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