I'm not entirely sure who's using this information and certainly in a
CI environment it just washes over as additional noise. Later patches
will provide new reporting options so a user who wants to analyse
individual tests will be able to use that to get the information.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
 docs/devel/testing.rst | 11 +++++------
 tests/Makefile.include | 10 ----------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index f33e5a8423..66ef219f69 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -158,12 +158,11 @@ rarely used. See "QEMU iotests" section below for more information.
 GCC gcov support
 ----------------
 
-``gcov`` is a GCC tool to analyze the testing coverage by instrumenting the
-tested code. To use it, configure QEMU with ``--enable-gcov`` option and build.
-Then run ``make check`` as usual. There will be additional ``gcov`` output as
-the testing goes on, showing the test coverage percentage numbers per analyzed
-source file. More detailed reports can be obtained by running ``gcov`` command
-on the output files under ``$build_dir/tests/``, please read the ``gcov``
+``gcov`` is a GCC tool to analyze the testing coverage by
+instrumenting the tested code. To use it, configure QEMU with
+``--enable-gcov`` option and build. Then run ``make check`` as usual.
+Reports can be obtained by running ``gcov`` command on the output
+files under ``$build_dir/tests/``, please read the ``gcov``
 documentation for more information.
 
 QEMU iotests
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index ca91da26cb..55d54bd180 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -891,26 +891,16 @@ GCOV_OPTIONS = -n $(if $(V),-f,)
 
 .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS))
 $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-qtest-%: subdir-%-softmmu $(check-qtest-y)
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
 	$(call quiet-command,QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$*-softmmu/qemu-system-$* \
 		QTEST_QEMU_IMG=qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
 		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$(( $${RANDOM:-0} % 255 + 1))} \
 		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER","$@")
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$*-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
-	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
-	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
-	done,)
 
 .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y) $(check-speed-y))
 $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y) $(check-speed-y)): check-%: %
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$(( $${RANDOM:-0} % 255 + 1))} \
 		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $*,"GTESTER","$*")
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$(subst tests/,,$*)-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
-	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
-	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
-	done,)
 
 # gtester tests with XML output
 
-- 
2.17.1

On 06/20/2018 10:20 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> I'm not entirely sure who's using this information and certainly in a
> CI environment it just washes over as additional noise. Later patches
> will provide new reporting options so a user who wants to analyse
> individual tests will be able to use that to get the information.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
Tested-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>

> ---
>  docs/devel/testing.rst | 11 +++++------
>  tests/Makefile.include | 10 ----------
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
> index f33e5a8423..66ef219f69 100644
> --- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
> +++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
> @@ -158,12 +158,11 @@ rarely used. See "QEMU iotests" section below for more information.
>  GCC gcov support
>  ----------------
>  
> -``gcov`` is a GCC tool to analyze the testing coverage by instrumenting the
> -tested code. To use it, configure QEMU with ``--enable-gcov`` option and build.
> -Then run ``make check`` as usual. There will be additional ``gcov`` output as
> -the testing goes on, showing the test coverage percentage numbers per analyzed
> -source file. More detailed reports can be obtained by running ``gcov`` command
> -on the output files under ``$build_dir/tests/``, please read the ``gcov``
> +``gcov`` is a GCC tool to analyze the testing coverage by
> +instrumenting the tested code. To use it, configure QEMU with
> +``--enable-gcov`` option and build. Then run ``make check`` as usual.
> +Reports can be obtained by running ``gcov`` command on the output
> +files under ``$build_dir/tests/``, please read the ``gcov``
>  documentation for more information.
>  
>  QEMU iotests
> diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
> index ca91da26cb..55d54bd180 100644
> --- a/tests/Makefile.include
> +++ b/tests/Makefile.include
> @@ -891,26 +891,16 @@ GCOV_OPTIONS = -n $(if $(V),-f,)
>  
>  .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS))
>  $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-qtest-%: subdir-%-softmmu $(check-qtest-y)
> -	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
>  	$(call quiet-command,QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$*-softmmu/qemu-system-$* \
>  		QTEST_QEMU_IMG=qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
>  		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$(( $${RANDOM:-0} % 255 + 1))} \
>  		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER","$@")
> -	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$*-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
> -	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
> -	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
> -	done,)
>  
>  .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y) $(check-speed-y))
>  $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y) $(check-speed-y)): check-%: %
> -	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
>  	$(call quiet-command, \
>  		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$(( $${RANDOM:-0} % 255 + 1))} \
>  		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $*,"GTESTER","$*")
> -	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$(subst tests/,,$*)-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
> -	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
> -	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
> -	done,)
>  
>  # gtester tests with XML output
>  
>