Enhance documentation of gcov.

2017-04-28  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>

	* doc/gcov.texi: Enhance documentation of gcov.

From-SVN: r247377

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index a5c2a5f..b1b094b 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2017-04-28  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>
 
+       * doc/gcov.texi: Enhance documentation of gcov.
+
+2017-04-28  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>
+
        * doc/gcov.texi: Sort options in alphabetic order.
        * doc/gcov-dump.texi: Likewise.
        * doc/gcov-tool.texi: Likewise.

diff --git a/gcc/doc/gcov.texi b/gcc/doc/gcov.texi
index 1befb5a..c96f86d 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/gcov.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/gcov.texi
@@ -324,7 +324,9 @@ command line option.  The @var{execution_count} is @samp{-} for lines
 containing no code.  Unexecuted lines are marked @samp{#####} or
 @samp{====}, depending on whether they are reachable by
 non-exceptional paths or only exceptional paths such as C++ exception
-handlers, respectively.
+handlers, respectively. Given @samp{-a} option, unexecuted blocks are
+marked @samp{$$$$$} or @samp{%%%%%}, depending whether a basic block
+is reachable via non-exceptional or exceptional paths.
 
 Some lines of information at the start have @var{line_number} of zero.
 These preamble lines are of the form
@@ -675,5 +677,5 @@ it.  This can be overcome by, for example, setting the environment as
 setting will name the data file @file{/target/run/build/foo.gcda}.
 
 You must move the data files to the expected directory tree in order to
-use them for profile directed optimizations (@option{--use-profile}), or to
+use them for profile directed optimizations (@option{-fprofile-use}), or to
 use the @command{gcov} tool.