https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83266
--- Comment #1 from Yibiao Yang <yangyibiao at nju dot edu.cn> --- I am not very sure whether this is a bug or it is only the default behavior in gcov. (In reply to Yibiao Yang from comment #0) > $ gcc -v > Using built-in specs. > COLLECT_GCC=gcc > COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/lto-wrapper > OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none > OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1 > Target: x86_64-linux-gnu > Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu > 7.2.0-8ubuntu3' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-7/README.Bugs > --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr > --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-7 > --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id > --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix > --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu > --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes > --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object > --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie > --with-system-zlib --with-target-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc=auto > --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 > --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic > --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --without-cuda-driver > --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu > --target=x86_64-linux-gnu > Thread model: posix > gcc version 7.2.0 (Ubuntu 7.2.0-8ubuntu3) > > $ cat small.c > int main() > { > int i = 1; > if (i > 0) { > i++; > } > > if (1 > 0) { > i++; > } > } > > $ gcc -fprofile-arcs -ftes-coverage small.c; ./a.out; gcov small.c; cat > small.c.gcov > File 'small.c' > Lines executed:100.00% of 5 > Creating 'small.c.gcov' > > File '<built-in>' > No executable lines > Removing '<built-in>.gcov' > > -: 0:Source:small.c > -: 0:Graph:small.gcno > -: 0:Data:small.gcda > -: 0:Runs:1 > -: 0:Programs:1 > 1: 1:int main() > -: 2:{ > 1: 3: int i = 1; > 1: 4: if (i > 0) { > 1: 5: i++; > -: 6: } > -: 7: > -: 8: if (1 > 0) { > 1: 9: i++; > -: 10: } > -: 11:} > > As we can find that Line #4 is marked as executed and Line #8 is marked as > not executed.