Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/5] gcov: more cleanup

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 01:04:45PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 02/09/16 12:47, Wei Liu wrote:
> > This series further cleans up existing gcov code. It should be now clear 
> > that
> > Xen's gcov is using gcc 3.4 format.
> >
> > I have tried to integrate gcc 4.7 format. The amount of work is moderate in
> > terms of coding effort, but I now believe it is a mistake to have invented 
> > xen
> > specific format which is in fact tied to gcc 3.4. I can't map gcc 4.7 
> > format to
> > Xen's own format, so I stop here.
> 
> Given that the interface has clearly bitrotten since it was first
> introduced, I think it is reasonable to declare amnesty to fix it properly.
> 
> As the format is chosen at configure time, I think it is reasonable for
> the Xen interface to just hand back blobs, and require the tools in dom0
> to know how to interpret them.
> 

Yes. I think that's how I would do it. But I don't have time for it now.

Wei.

> ~Andrew

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