https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=100751

Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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           Assignee|unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org      |marxin at gcc dot 
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--- Comment #3 from Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> For the second time and then onwards, __gcov_dump() invocation (by giving
> 'g' character during the a.out run) doesn't happen.

Yes, one can call __gcov_dump only once per run.
> 
> Another thing is  that, __gcov_reset() also doesn't appear to work. I tried
> giving the character 'r' during the run of the program but couldn't see the
> counters getting reset to 0 in the sample-prog.gcov file. The previous
> values of lines covered were there.

No, __gcov_reset resets run-time counters (profile collected so far during an
application run). If you want to clear profile, then simply remove .gcda files.

I've just send documentation improvement for it:
https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2021-May/571152.html

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