https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=100751
Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- URL| |https://gcc.gnu.org/piperma | |il/gcc-patches/2021-May/571 | |152.html Ever confirmed|0 |1 Status|UNCONFIRMED |ASSIGNED Last reconfirmed| |2021-05-25 Assignee|unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org |marxin at gcc dot gnu.org --- 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