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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