[PATCH 0/4] gcov: Add MC/DC condition coverage support

Sasha Levin posted 4 patches 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
Makefile                         |  3 +++
arch/x86/um/vdso/Makefile        |  4 ++--
init/Kconfig                     |  3 +++
kernel/gcov/Kconfig              | 15 +++++++++++++++
kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c            | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
6 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
[PATCH 0/4] gcov: Add MC/DC condition coverage support
Posted by Sasha Levin 3 weeks, 2 days ago
This series adds support for GCC's MC/DC (Modified Condition/Decision
Coverage) instrumentation to the kernel's gcov subsystem.

MC/DC verifies that each condition in a boolean decision independently
affects the decision's outcome. It is required by safety standards such
as DO-178C (avionics) and ISO 26262 (automotive). GCC 14 added MC/DC
instrumentation via -fcondition-coverage.

Patch 1 fixes a pre-existing bug in gcov_info_add() where IOR-based
counters (bitsets) were incorrectly merged with += instead of |=.
Patches 2-3 add the CONFIG_GCOV_CONDITION_COVERAGE Kconfig option and
wire up the compiler flag. Patch 4 documents the feature.

With CONFIG_GCOV_CONDITION_COVERAGE=y, gcov --conditions shows per-line
condition coverage:

  4577658:  257:	if (node->num_loaded > 0)
  condition outcomes covered 2/2
  4577658:  355:	if (info && (strcmp(gcov_info_filename(info), name) == 0))
  condition outcomes covered 2/4
  condition  0 not covered (true)
  condition  1 not covered (true)
     2896:  420:	if (!copy)
  condition outcomes covered 1/2
  condition  0 not covered (true)

Tested with GCC 15.2, verified boot + gcov data extraction + gcov
--conditions output. Also verified clean build with LLVM=1 (condition
coverage correctly disabled for Clang).

Sasha Levin (4):
  gcov: fix gcov_info_add() merge semantics for IOR counters
  kconfig: add CC_HAS_CONDITION_COVERAGE for MC/DC support detection
  gcov: add MC/DC condition coverage support
  Documentation: gcov: document MC/DC condition coverage support

 Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Makefile                         |  3 +++
 arch/x86/um/vdso/Makefile        |  4 ++--
 init/Kconfig                     |  3 +++
 kernel/gcov/Kconfig              | 15 +++++++++++++++
 kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c            | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 6 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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