https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99485
Bug ID: 99485 Summary: [GCOV] When the function pointer is used as a parameter, the coverage information is wrong Product: gcc Version: 10.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: gcov-profile Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: njuwy at smail dot nju.edu.cn CC: marxin at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- $ gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.2.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: ../configure -enable-checking=release -enable-languages=c,c++ -disable-multilib Thread model: posix Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib gcc version 10.2.0 (GCC) $ cat test.c #include<stdio.h> void free(void *ptr) { printf("passed\n"); } void *foo(void) { printf("return\n"); return 0; } int main(void) { void *p = foo(); free(p); return 0; } $ gcc -O0 --coverage test.c;./a.out;gcov test;cat test.c.gcov return passed passed passed passed passed File 'test.c' Lines executed:100.00% of 10 Creating 'test.c.gcov' -: 0:Source:test.c -: 0:Graph:test.gcno -: 0:Data:test.gcda -: 0:Runs:1 -: 1:#include<stdio.h> 2: 2:void free(void *ptr) { 2: 3:printf("passed\n"); 2: 4:} -: 5: 1: 6:void *foo(void) { 1: 7:printf("return\n"); 1: 8:return 0; -: 9:} -: 10: 1: 11:int main(void) { 1: 12: void *p = foo(); 1: 13: free(p); 1: 14: return 0; -: 15:} The result shows that function "free" was executed 5 times.