wwwdocs: Add symver and -fprofile-prefix-path to changes.html

Gerald Pfeifer gerald@pfeifer.com
Tue May 5 19:33:40 GMT 2020


On Tue, 5 May 2020, Jan Hubicka wrote:
> this patch adds mention of -fprofile-prefix-path and symver attribute.

Thank you, Honza!

> +      <li><a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-10.1.0/gcc/Optimize-Options.html#index-fprofile-prefix-path"><code>-fprofile-prefix-path</code></a>
> +	  can be used in combination with <code>-fprofile-generate=profile_dir</code> and
> +	  <code>-fprofile-use=profile_dir</code> to inform GCC where is the base          
> +	  directory of built source tree in case it differs between instrumentation
> +	  and optimized builds.

"...where the base directory ... is in case" (or "...resides in case")

Maybe "instrumented" instead of "instrumentation"?

And what is a "built source tree"?  Can we say "build tree"?

> +       The <code>symver</code> attributes can be used to to bind symbols to

"attribute" (singular) I believe?

"to to" -> "to"

> +       specific version nodes on ELF platfroms. This is preferred to using

"platforms"

> +       inline assembly with GAS <code>symver</code> directive because the later

"with the GNU as <code>symver</code> directive" (though "GNU as" over 
"GAS" is my preference, feel free to ignore).

"the latter"


Okay with those changes - thanks!

Gerald


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