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=================================
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LLVM Code Coverage Mapping Format
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=================================
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.. contents::
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:local:
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Introduction
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============
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LLVM's code coverage mapping format is used to provide code coverage
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analysis using LLVM's and Clang's instrumenation based profiling
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(Clang's ``-fprofile-instr-generate`` option).
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This document is aimed at those who use LLVM's code coverage mapping to provide
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code coverage analysis for their own programs, and for those who would like
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to know how it works under the hood. A prior knowledge of how Clang's profile
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guided optimization works is useful, but not required.
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We start by showing how to use LLVM and Clang for code coverage analysis,
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then we briefly desribe LLVM's code coverage mapping format and the
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way that Clang and LLVM's code coverage tool work with this format. After
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the basics are down, more advanced features of the coverage mapping format
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are discussed - such as the data structures, LLVM IR representation and
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the binary encoding.
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Quick Start
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===========
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Here's a short story that describes how to generate code coverage overview
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for a sample source file called *test.c*.
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* First, compile an instrumented version of your program using Clang's
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``-fprofile-instr-generate`` option with the additional ``-fcoverage-mapping``
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option:
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``clang -o test -fprofile-instr-generate -fcoverage-mapping test.c``
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* Then, run the instrumented binary. The runtime will produce a file called
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*default.profraw* containing the raw profile instrumentation data:
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``./test``
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* After that, merge the profile data using the *llvm-profdata* tool:
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``llvm-profdata merge -o test.profdata default.profraw``
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* Finally, run LLVM's code coverage tool (*llvm-cov*) to produce the code
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coverage overview for the sample source file:
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``llvm-cov show ./test -instr-profile=test.profdata test.c``
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High Level Overview
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===================
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LLVM's code coverage mapping format is designed to be a self contained
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data format, that can be embedded into the LLVM IR and object files.
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It's described in this document as a **mapping** format because its goal is
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to store the data that is required for a code coverage tool to map between
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the specific source ranges in a file and the execution counts obtained
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after running the instrumented version of the program.
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The mapping data is used in two places in the code coverage process:
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1. When clang compiles a source file with ``-fcoverage-mapping``, it
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generates the mapping information that describes the mapping between the
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source ranges and the profiling instrumentation counters.
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This information gets embedded into the LLVM IR and conveniently
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ends up in the final executable file when the program is linked.
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2. It is also used by *llvm-cov* - the mapping information is extracted from an
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object file and is used to associate the execution counts (the values of the
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profile instrumentation counters), and the source ranges in a file.
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After that, the tool is able to generate various code coverage reports
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for the program.
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The coverage mapping format aims to be a "universal format" that would be
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suitable for usage by any frontend, and not just by Clang. It also aims to
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provide the frontend the possibility of generating the minimal coverage mapping
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data in order to reduce the size of the IR and object files - for example,
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instead of emitting mapping information for each statement in a function, the
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frontend is allowed to group the statements with the same execution count into
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regions of code, and emit the mapping information only for those regions.
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Advanced Concepts
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=================
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The remainder of this guide is meant to give you insight into the way the
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coverage mapping format works.
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The coverage mapping format operates on a per-function level as the
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profile instrumentation counters are associated with a specific function.
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For each function that requires code coverage, the frontend has to create
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coverage mapping data that can map between the source code ranges and
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the profile instrumentation counters for that function.
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Mapping Region
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--------------
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The function's coverage mapping data contains an array of mapping regions.
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A mapping region stores the `source code range`_ that is covered by this region,
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the `file id <coverage file id_>`_, the `coverage mapping counter`_ and
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the region's kind.
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There are several kinds of mapping regions:
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* Code regions associate portions of source code and `coverage mapping
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counters`_. They make up the majority of the mapping regions. They are used
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by the code coverage tool to compute the execution counts for lines,
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highlight the regions of code that were never executed, and to obtain
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the various code coverage statistics for a function.
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For example:
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:raw-html:`<pre class='highlight' style='line-height:initial;'><span>int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) </span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>{ </span> <span class='c1'>// Code Region from 1:40 to 9:2</span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> if (argc > 1) </span><span style='background-color:#85C1F5'>{ </span> <span class='c1'>// Code Region from 3:17 to 5:4</span>
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<span style='background-color:#85C1F5'> printf("%s\n", argv[1]); </span>
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<span style='background-color:#85C1F5'> }</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'> else </span><span style='background-color:#F6D55D'>{ </span> <span class='c1'>// Code Region from 5:10 to 7:4</span>
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<span style='background-color:#F6D55D'> printf("\n"); </span>
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<span style='background-color:#F6D55D'> }</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'> </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> return 0; </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'>}</span>
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</pre>`
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* Skipped regions are used to represent source ranges that were skipped
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by Clang's preprocessor. They don't associate with
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`coverage mapping counters`_, as the frontend knows that they are never
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executed. They are used by the code coverage tool to mark the skipped lines
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inside a function as non-code lines that don't have execution counts.
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For example:
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:raw-html:`<pre class='highlight' style='line-height:initial;'><span>int main() </span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>{ </span> <span class='c1'>// Code Region from 1:12 to 6:2</span>
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<span style='background-color:#85C1F5'>#ifdef DEBUG </span> <span class='c1'>// Skipped Region from 2:1 to 4:2</span>
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<span style='background-color:#85C1F5'> printf("Hello world"); </span>
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<span style='background-color:#85C1F5'>#</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>endif </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> return 0; </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'>}</span>
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</pre>`
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* Expansion regions are used to represent Clang's macro expansions. They
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have an additional property - *expanded file id*. This property can be
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used by the code coverage tool to find the mapping regions that are created
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as a result of this macro expansion, by checking if their file id matches the
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expanded file id. They don't associate with `coverage mapping counters`_,
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as the code coverage tool can determine the execution count for this region
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by looking up the execution count of the first region with a corresponding
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file id.
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For example:
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:raw-html:`<pre class='highlight' style='line-height:initial;'><span>int func(int x) </span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>{ </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> #define MAX(x,y) </span><span style='background-color:#85C1F5'>((x) > (y)? </span><span style='background-color:#F6D55D'>(x)</span><span style='background-color:#85C1F5'> : </span><span style='background-color:#F4BA70'>(y)</span><span style='background-color:#85C1F5'>)</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'> </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> return </span><span style='background-color:#7FCA9F'>MAX</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>(x, 42); </span> <span class='c1'>// Expansion Region from 3:10 to 3:13</span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'>}</span>
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</pre>`
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.. _source code range:
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Source Range:
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The source range record contains the starting and ending location of a certain
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mapping region. Both locations include the line and the column numbers.
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.. _coverage file id:
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File ID:
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^^^^^^^^
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The file id an integer value that tells us
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in which source file or macro expansion is this region located.
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It enables Clang to produce mapping information for the code
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defined inside macros, like this example demonstrates:
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:raw-html:`<pre class='highlight' style='line-height:initial;'><span>void func(const char *str) </span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>{ </span> <span class='c1'>// Code Region from 1:28 to 6:2 with file id 0</span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> #define PUT </span><span style='background-color:#85C1F5'>printf("%s\n", str)</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'> </span> <span class='c1'>// 2 Code Regions from 2:15 to 2:34 with file ids 1 and 2</span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> if(*str) </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> </span><span style='background-color:#F6D55D'>PUT</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>; </span> <span class='c1'>// Expansion Region from 4:5 to 4:8 with file id 0 that expands a macro with file id 1</span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> </span><span style='background-color:#F6D55D'>PUT</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>; </span> <span class='c1'>// Expansion Region from 5:3 to 5:6 with file id 0 that expands a macro with file id 2</span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'>}</span>
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</pre>`
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.. _coverage mapping counter:
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.. _coverage mapping counters:
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Counter:
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^^^^^^^^
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A coverage mapping counter can represents a reference to the profile
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instrumentation counter. The execution count for a region with such counter
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is determined by looking up the value of the corresponding profile
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instrumentation counter.
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It can also represent a binary arithmetical expression that operates on
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coverage mapping counters or other expressions.
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The execution count for a region with an expression counter is determined by
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evaluating the expression's arguments and then adding them together or
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subtracting them from one another.
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In the example below, a subtraction expression is used to compute the execution
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count for the compound statement that follows the *else* keyword:
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:raw-html:`<pre class='highlight' style='line-height:initial;'><span>int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) </span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>{ </span> <span class='c1'>// Region's counter is a reference to the profile counter #0</span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> if (argc > 1) </span><span style='background-color:#85C1F5'>{ </span> <span class='c1'>// Region's counter is a reference to the profile counter #1</span>
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<span style='background-color:#85C1F5'> printf("%s\n", argv[1]); </span><span> </span>
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<span style='background-color:#85C1F5'> }</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'> else </span><span style='background-color:#F6D55D'>{ </span> <span class='c1'>// Region's counter is an expression (reference to the profile counter #0 - reference to the profile counter #1)</span>
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<span style='background-color:#F6D55D'> printf("\n"); </span>
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<span style='background-color:#F6D55D'> }</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'> </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> return 0; </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'>}</span>
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</pre>`
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Finally, a coverage mapping counter can also represent an execution count of
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of zero. The zero counter is used to provide coverage mapping for
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unreachable statements and expressions, like in the example below:
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:raw-html:`<pre class='highlight' style='line-height:initial;'><span>int main() </span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>{ </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> return 0; </span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'> </span><span style='background-color:#85C1F5'>printf("Hello world!\n")</span><span style='background-color:#4A789C'>; </span> <span class='c1'>// Unreachable region's counter is zero</span>
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<span style='background-color:#4A789C'>}</span>
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</pre>`
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The zero counters allow the code coverage tool to display proper line execution
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counts for the unreachable lines and highlight the unreachable code.
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Without them, the tool would think that those lines and regions were still
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executed, as it doesn't possess the frontend's knowledge.
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LLVM IR Representation
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======================
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The coverage mapping data is stored in the LLVM IR using a single global
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constant structure variable called *__llvm_coverage_mapping*
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with the *__llvm_covmap* section specifier.
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For example, let’s consider a C file and how it gets compiled to LLVM:
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.. _coverage mapping sample:
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.. code-block:: c
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int foo() {
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return 42;
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}
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int bar() {
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return 13;
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}
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The coverage mapping variable generated by Clang has 3 fields:
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* Coverage mapping header.
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* An array of function records.
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* Coverage mapping data which is an array of bytes. Zero paddings are added at the end to force 8 byte alignment.
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.. code-block:: llvm
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@__llvm_coverage_mapping = internal constant { { i32, i32, i32, i32 }, [2 x { i8*, i32, i32 }], [40 x i8] }
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{
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{ i32, i32, i32, i32 } ; Coverage map header
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{
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i32 2, ; The number of function records
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i32 20, ; The length of the string that contains the encoded translation unit filenames
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i32 20, ; The length of the string that contains the encoded coverage mapping data
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i32 0, ; Coverage mapping format version
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},
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[2 x { i8*, i32, i32 }] [ ; Function records
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{ i8*, i32, i32 } { i8* getelementptr inbounds ([3 x i8]* @__llvm_profile_name_foo, i32 0, i32 0), ; Function's name
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i32 3, ; Function's name length
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i32 9 ; Function's encoded coverage mapping data string length
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},
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{ i8*, i32, i32 } { i8* getelementptr inbounds ([3 x i8]* @__llvm_profile_name_bar, i32 0, i32 0), ; Function's name
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i32 3, ; Function's name length
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i32 9 ; Function's encoded coverage mapping data string length
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}],
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[40 x i8] c"..." ; Encoded data (dissected later)
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}, section "__llvm_covmap", align 8
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Coverage Mapping Header:
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------------------------
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The coverage mapping header has the following fields:
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* The number of function records.
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* The length of the string in the third field of *__llvm_coverage_mapping* that contains the encoded translation unit filenames.
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* The length of the string in the third field of *__llvm_coverage_mapping* that contains the encoded coverage mapping data.
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* The format version. 0 is the first (current) version of the coverage mapping format.
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.. _function records:
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Function record:
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----------------
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A function record is a structure of the following type:
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.. code-block:: llvm
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{ i8*, i32, i32 }
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It contains the pointer to the function's name, function's name length,
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and the length of the encoded mapping data for that function.
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Encoded data:
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-------------
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The encoded data is stored in a single string that contains
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the encoded filenames used by this translation unit and the encoded coverage
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mapping data for each function in this translation unit.
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The encoded data has the following structure:
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``[filenames, coverageMappingDataForFunctionRecord0, coverageMappingDataForFunctionRecord1, ..., padding]``
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If necessary, the encoded data is padded with zeroes so that the size
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of the data string is rounded up to the nearest multiple of 8 bytes.
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Dissecting the sample:
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Here's an overview of the encoded data that was stored in the
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IR for the `coverage mapping sample`_ that was shown earlier:
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* The IR contains the following string constant that represents the encoded
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coverage mapping data for the sample translation unit:
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.. code-block:: llvm
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c"\01\12/Users/alex/test.c\01\00\00\01\01\01\0C\02\02\01\00\00\01\01\04\0C\02\02\00\00"
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* The string contains values that are encoded in the LEB128 format, which is
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used throughout for storing integers. It also contains a string value.
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* The length of the substring that contains the encoded translation unit
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filenames is the value of the second field in the *__llvm_coverage_mapping*
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structure, which is 20, thus the filenames are encoded in this string:
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.. code-block:: llvm
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c"\01\12/Users/alex/test.c"
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This string contains the following data:
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* Its first byte has a value of ``0x01``. It stores the number of filenames
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contained in this string.
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* Its second byte stores the length of the first filename in this string.
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* The remaining 18 bytes are used to store the first filename.
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* The length of the substring that contains the encoded coverage mapping data
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for the first function is the value of the third field in the first
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structure in an array of `function records`_ stored in the
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third field of the *__llvm_coverage_mapping* structure, which is the 9.
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Therefore, the coverage mapping for the first function record is encoded
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in this string:
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.. code-block:: llvm
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c"\01\00\00\01\01\01\0C\02\02"
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This string consists of the following bytes:
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0x01`` | The number of file ids used by this function. There is only one file id used by the mapping data in this function. |
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0x00`` | An index into the filenames array which corresponds to the file "/Users/alex/test.c". |
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0x00`` | The number of counter expressions used by this function. This function doesn't use any expressions. |
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0x01`` | The number of mapping regions that are stored in an array for the function's file id #0. |
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0x01`` | The coverage mapping counter for the first region in this function. The value of 1 tells us that it's a coverage |
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| | mapping counter that is a reference to the profile instrumentation counter with an index of 0. |
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0x01`` | The starting line of the first mapping region in this function. |
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0x0C`` | The starting column of the first mapping region in this function. |
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0x02`` | The ending line of the first mapping region in this function. |
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| ``0x02`` | The ending column of the first mapping region in this function. |
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+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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* The length of the substring that contains the encoded coverage mapping data
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for the second function record is also 9. It's structured like the mapping data
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for the first function record.
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* The two trailing bytes are zeroes and are used to pad the coverage mapping
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data to give it the 8 byte alignment.
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Encoding
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========
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The per-function coverage mapping data is encoded as a stream of bytes,
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with a simple structure. The structure consists of the encoding
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`types <cvmtypes_>`_ like variable-length unsigned integers, that
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are used to encode `File ID Mapping`_, `Counter Expressions`_ and
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the `Mapping Regions`_.
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The format of the structure follows:
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``[file id mapping, counter expressions, mapping regions]``
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The translation unit filenames are encoded using the same encoding
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`types <cvmtypes_>`_ as the per-function coverage mapping data, with the
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following structure:
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``[numFilenames : LEB128, filename0 : string, filename1 : string, ...]``
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.. _cvmtypes:
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Types
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-----
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This section describes the basic types that are used by the encoding format
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and can appear after ``:`` in the ``[foo : type]`` description.
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.. _LEB128:
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LEB128
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^^^^^^
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LEB128 is an unsigned interger value that is encoded using DWARF's LEB128
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encoding, optimizing for the case where values are small
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(1 byte for values less than 128).
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.. _Strings:
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Strings
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^^^^^^^
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``[length : LEB128, characters...]``
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String values are encoded with a `LEB value <LEB128_>`_ for the length
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of the string and a sequence of bytes for its characters.
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.. _file id mapping:
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File ID Mapping
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---------------
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``[numIndices : LEB128, filenameIndex0 : LEB128, filenameIndex1 : LEB128, ...]``
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File id mapping in a function's coverage mapping stream
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contains the indices into the translation unit's filenames array.
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|
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Counter
|
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-------
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``[value : LEB128]``
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|
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A `coverage mapping counter`_ is stored in a single `LEB value <LEB128_>`_.
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It is composed of two things --- the `tag <counter-tag_>`_
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which is stored in the lowest 2 bits, and the `counter data`_ which is stored
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in the remaining bits.
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|
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.. _counter-tag:
|
||
|
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Tag:
|
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^^^^
|
||
|
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The counter's tag encodes the counter's kind
|
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and, if the counter is an expression, the expression's kind.
|
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The possible tag values are:
|
||
|
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* 0 - The counter is zero.
|
||
|
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* 1 - The counter is a reference to the profile instrumentation counter.
|
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|
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* 2 - The counter is a subtraction expression.
|
||
|
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* 3 - The counter is an addition expression.
|
||
|
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.. _counter data:
|
||
|
||
Data:
|
||
^^^^^
|
||
|
||
The counter's data is interpreted in the following manner:
|
||
|
||
* When the counter is a reference to the profile instrumentation counter,
|
||
then the counter's data is the id of the profile counter.
|
||
* When the counter is an expression, then the counter's data
|
||
is the index into the array of counter expressions.
|
||
|
||
.. _Counter Expressions:
|
||
|
||
Counter Expressions
|
||
-------------------
|
||
|
||
``[numExpressions : LEB128, expr0LHS : LEB128, expr0RHS : LEB128, expr1LHS : LEB128, expr1RHS : LEB128, ...]``
|
||
|
||
Counter expressions consist of two counters as they
|
||
represent binary arithmetic operations.
|
||
The expression's kind is determined from the `tag <counter-tag_>`_ of the
|
||
counter that references this expression.
|
||
|
||
.. _Mapping Regions:
|
||
|
||
Mapping Regions
|
||
---------------
|
||
|
||
``[numRegionArrays : LEB128, regionsForFile0, regionsForFile1, ...]``
|
||
|
||
The mapping regions are stored in an array of sub-arrays where every
|
||
region in a particular sub-array has the same file id.
|
||
|
||
The file id for a sub-array of regions is the index of that
|
||
sub-array in the main array e.g. The first sub-array will have the file id
|
||
of 0.
|
||
|
||
Sub-Array of Regions
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
``[numRegions : LEB128, region0, region1, ...]``
|
||
|
||
The mapping regions for a specific file id are stored in an array that is
|
||
sorted in an ascending order by the region's starting location.
|
||
|
||
Mapping Region
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
``[header, source range]``
|
||
|
||
The mapping region record contains two sub-records ---
|
||
the `header`_, which stores the counter and/or the region's kind,
|
||
and the `source range`_ that contains the starting and ending
|
||
location of this region.
|
||
|
||
.. _header:
|
||
|
||
Header
|
||
^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
``[counter]``
|
||
|
||
or
|
||
|
||
``[pseudo-counter]``
|
||
|
||
The header encodes the region's counter and the region's kind.
|
||
|
||
The value of the counter's tag distinguishes between the counters and
|
||
pseudo-counters --- if the tag is zero, than this header contains a
|
||
pseudo-counter, otherwise this header contains an ordinary counter.
|
||
|
||
Counter:
|
||
""""""""
|
||
|
||
A mapping region whose header has a counter with a non-zero tag is
|
||
a code region.
|
||
|
||
Pseudo-Counter:
|
||
"""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
``[value : LEB128]``
|
||
|
||
A pseudo-counter is stored in a single `LEB value <LEB128_>`_, just like
|
||
the ordinary counter. It has the following interpretation:
|
||
|
||
* bits 0-1: tag, which is always 0.
|
||
|
||
* bit 2: expansionRegionTag. If this bit is set, then this mapping region
|
||
is an expansion region.
|
||
|
||
* remaining bits: data. If this region is an expansion region, then the data
|
||
contains the expanded file id of that region.
|
||
|
||
Otherwise, the data contains the region's kind. The possible region
|
||
kind values are:
|
||
|
||
* 0 - This mapping region is a code region with a counter of zero.
|
||
* 2 - This mapping region is a skipped region.
|
||
|
||
.. _source range:
|
||
|
||
Source Range
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
``[deltaLineStart : LEB128, columnStart : LEB128, numLines : LEB128, columnEnd : LEB128]``
|
||
|
||
The source range record contains the following fields:
|
||
|
||
* *deltaLineStart*: The difference between the starting line of the
|
||
current mapping region and the starting line of the previous mapping region.
|
||
|
||
If the current mapping region is the first region in the current
|
||
sub-array, then it stores the starting line of that region.
|
||
|
||
* *columnStart*: The starting column of the mapping region.
|
||
|
||
* *numLines*: The difference between the ending line and the starting line
|
||
of the current mapping region.
|
||
|
||
* *columnEnd*: The ending column of the mapping region.
|