docs: gcov: correct build machine files copying

[PATCH] docs: gcov: correct build machine files copying

Baruch Siach posted 1 patch 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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[PATCH] docs: gcov: correct build machine files copying

Posted by Baruch Siach 1 month, 3 weeks ago

.gcda files are not present on the build machine. These files are
generated at run time on test machine. The sample gather_on_build.sh
script listed below correctly refers to .gcno files only.

Fixes: 2521f2c228ad ("gcov: add gcov profiling infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
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 Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst
index 075df6a4598d..71052273c084 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ a) gcov is run on the TEST machine
 
     from the build tree:
       - all C source files + headers
-      - all .gcda and .gcno files
+      - all .gcno files
       - all links to directories
 
     It is important to note that these files need to be placed into the
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