https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=114751
--- Comment #1 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- >From reading what the gcov code does it somehow means that the gcda and gcno files were not created consistently. You can use gcov-dump to check the stamp, for an example pair I have around I see consistent stamps: > gcov-dump-13 t.gcda t.gcda:data:magic `gcda':version `B32*' t.gcda:stamp 3774884159 t.gcda:checksum 2538568055 ... > gcov-dump-13 t.gcno t.gcno:note:magic `gcno':version `B32*' t.gcno:stamp 3774884159 t.gcno:checksum 0 ...