[PATCH] gcov: Mark BBs that do not correspond to a line in source code (PR gcov-profile/79891).
Martin Liška
mliska@suse.cz
Tue Mar 14 12:14:00 GMT 2017
On 03/14/2017 12:55 PM, Martin Liška wrote:
> On 03/14/2017 11:48 AM, Richard Biener wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, Martin Liška wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/14/2017 11:30 AM, Richard Biener wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, Martin Liška wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 03/14/2017 11:13 AM, Richard Biener wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, Martin Liška wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 03/14/2017 10:12 AM, Richard Biener wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, Martin Liška wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 03/14/2017 09:13 AM, Richard Biener wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, Martin Liška wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 03/13/2017 04:16 PM, Richard Biener wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Martin Liška wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 03/13/2017 02:53 PM, Richard Biener wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Martin Liška wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 03/13/2017 02:01 PM, Richard Biener wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Richard Biener wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 10 Mar 2017, Martin Liška wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As briefly discussed in the PR, there are BB that do not correspond to a real
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> line in source
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> code. profile.c emits locations for all BBs that have a gimple statement
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> belonging to a line.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I hope these should be marked in gcov utility and not added in --all-block
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mode to counts of lines.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Patch survives make check RUNTESTFLAGS="gcov.exp".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for review and feedback.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Humm, the patch doesn't seem to change the BBs associated with a line
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but rather somehow changes how we compute counts (the patch lacks a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> description of how you arrived at it). I expected the line-to-BB
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> assignment process to be changed (whereever that is...).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Currently, each basic block must belong to a source line. It's how gcov
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iterates all blocks (via lines).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah, ok, looking at where output_location is called on I see we do not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> assign any line to that block. But still why does
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> line->has_block (arc->src) return true?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good objection! Problematic that 4->5 edge really comes from the same line.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <bb 4> [0.00%]:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ret_7 = 111;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROF_edge_counter_10 = __gcov0.UuT[0];
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROF_edge_counter_11 = PROF_edge_counter_10 + 1;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> __gcov0.UuT[0] = PROF_edge_counter_11;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <bb 5> [0.00%]:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # ret_1 = PHI <ret_5(3), ret_7(4)>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> goto <bb 7>; [0.00%]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but that's basically meaningless, unless not all edges come from the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> same line? I see nowhere where we'd explicitely assign lines to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> edges so it must be gcov "reconstructing" this somewhere.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's why I added the another flag. We stream locations for basic blocks via
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'output_location' function. And assignment blocks to lines happens here:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> static void
>>>>>>>>>>>>> add_line_counts (coverage_t *coverage, function_t *fn)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> if (!ix || ix + 1 == fn->num_blocks)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> /* Entry or exit block */;
>>>>>>>>>>>>> else if (flag_all_blocks)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line_t *block_line = line;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> if (!block_line)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> block_line = &sources[fn->src].lines[fn->line];
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> block->chain = block_line->u.blocks;
>>>>>>>>>>>>> block_line->u.blocks = block;
>>>>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> where line is always changes when we reach a BB that has a source line assigned. Thus it's changed
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for BB 4 and that's why BB 5 is added to same line.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah, so this means we should "clear" the current line for BB 5 in
>>>>>>>>>>>> output_location? At least I don't see how your patch may not regress
>>>>>>>>>>>> some cases where the line wasn't output as an optimization?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The new flag on block is kind of clearing that the BB is artificial and in fact does not
>>>>>>>>>>> belong to the line. I didn't want to do a bigger refactoring how blocks are iterated via lines.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Can you be please more specific about such a case?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> in profile.c I see
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> if (name_differs || line_differs)
>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>> if (!*offset)
>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>> *offset = gcov_write_tag (GCOV_TAG_LINES);
>>>>>>>>>> gcov_write_unsigned (bb->index);
>>>>>>>>>> name_differs = line_differs=true;
>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> so if line_differs is false we might not output GCOV_TAG_LINES either
>>>>>>>>>> because 1) optimization, less stuff output, 2) the block has no line.
>>>>>>>>>> Looks like we can't really distinguish those.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Agree with that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Not sure how on the input side we end up associating a BB with
>>>>>>>>>> a line if nothing was output for it though.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That is, with your change don't we need
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Index: gcc/profile.c
>>>>>>>>>> ===================================================================
>>>>>>>>>> --- gcc/profile.c (revision 246082)
>>>>>>>>>> +++ gcc/profile.c (working copy)
>>>>>>>>>> @@ -941,8 +941,6 @@ output_location (char const *file_name,
>>>>>>>>>> name_differs = !prev_file_name || filename_cmp (file_name,
>>>>>>>>>> prev_file_name);
>>>>>>>>>> line_differs = prev_line != line;
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - if (name_differs || line_differs)
>>>>>>>>>> - {
>>>>>>>>>> if (!*offset)
>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>> *offset = gcov_write_tag (GCOV_TAG_LINES);
>>>>>>>>>> @@ -950,6 +948,9 @@ output_location (char const *file_name,
>>>>>>>>>> name_differs = line_differs=true;
>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> + if (name_differs || line_differs)
>>>>>>>>>> + {
>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>> /* If this is a new source file, then output the
>>>>>>>>>> file's name to the .bb file. */
>>>>>>>>>> if (name_differs)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> to resolve this ambiguity? That is, _always_ emit GCOV_TAG_LINES
>>>>>>>>>> for a BB? So then a BB w/o GCOV_TAG_LINES does _not_ have any
>>>>>>>>>> lines associated.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That should revolve it. Let me find and example where we do not emit
>>>>>>>>> GCOV_TAG_LINES jsut because there's not difference in lines.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> sth like
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> a = b < 1 ? (c < 3 ? d : c);
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> or even
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> if (..) { ... } else { ... }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> These samples work, however your patch would break situations like:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1: 10:int main ()
>>>>>>> -: 11:{
>>>>>>> -: 12: int i;
>>>>>>> -: 13:
>>>>>>> 22: 14: for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) /* count(11) */
>>>>>>> 10: 15: noop (); /* count(10) */
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> where 22 is summed as (1+10+11), which kind of makes sense as it contains
>>>>>>> of 3 statements.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 22 is with my patch or without? I think 22 makes no sense.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Richard.
>>>>>
>>>>> With your patch.
>>>>
>>>> I see. As said, I have zero (well, now some little ;)) knowledge
>>>> about gcov.
>>>
>>> :) I'll continue twiddling with that because even loop-less construct
>>> like:
>>>
>>> 1: 1:int foo(int b, int c, int d)
>>> -: 2:{
>>> 5: 3: int a = b < 1 ? (c < 3 ? d : c) : a;
>>> 2: 4: return a;
>>> -: 5:}
>>>
>>> gives bogus output with your patch (which I believe does proper thing).
>>
>> Reading into the code (yes, it really seems it's for caching purposes
>> given we walk BBs in "random" order) I also observe
>
> Huh, yeah. Currently line count is a sum of all basic blocks that are emitted
> by profile.c with GCOV_TAG_LINES. That explains why considered loop has count == 11:
>
> /tmp/gcov-1.gcno: block 2:`/home/marxin/Programming/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gcc.misc-tests/gcov-1.c':10, 14
> /tmp/gcov-1.gcno: block 4:`/home/marxin/Programming/gcc/gcc/testsuite/gcc.misc-tests/gcov-1.c':14
>
> where blocks 2 and 4 are:
>
> <bb 2> [0.00%]:
> i_3 = 0;
> goto <bb 4>; [0.00%]
>
> ...
>
> <bb 4> [0.00%]:
> # i_1 = PHI <i_3(2), i_7(3)>
> if (i_1 <= 9)
> goto <bb 3>; [0.00%]
> else
> goto <bb 5>; [0.00%]
>
> The same happens to int a = b < 1 ? (c < 3 ? d : c) : a;
>
> /tmp/gcov2.gcno: block 2:`/tmp/gcov2.c':1, 3
>
> <bb 2> [0.00%]:
> if (b_3(D) <= 0)
> goto <bb 3>; [0.00%]
> else
> goto <bb 7>; [0.00%]
>
> That showed a caching of locations actually magically handles loops and ternary operations.
> I'm still wondering how should be defined line count for a multiple statements happening
> on the line? Having that we can find a proper solution.
>
> Martin
Out of curiosity, there's another example that's broken:
1: 10:int main ()
-: 11:{
-: 12: int i;
-: 13:
12: 14: for (i = 0;
-: 15: i < 10;
10: 16: i++) /* count(11) */
10: 17: noop (); /* count(10) */
-: 18:
1: 19: return 0; /* count(1) */
-: 20:}
Martin
>
>>
>> for (gsi = gsi_start_bb (bb); !gsi_end_p (gsi); gsi_next (&gsi))
>> {
>> gimple *stmt = gsi_stmt (gsi);
>> if (!RESERVED_LOCATION_P (gimple_location (stmt)))
>> output_location (gimple_filename (stmt), gimple_lineno
>> (stmt),
>> &offset, bb);
>>
>> should use expand_location and then look at the spelling location,
>> otherwise we'll get interesting effects with macro expansion?
>>
>> }
>>
>> Richard.
>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Richard.
>>>>
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Richard.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hope Nathan will find time to provide review as he's familiar with content of gcov.c.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> OTOH I don't know much about gcov format.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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