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NAME

       geninfo - Generate tracefiles from .da files

SYNOPSIS

       geninfo [-h|--help] [-v|--version] [-q|--quiet]
               [-i|--initial] [-t|--test-name test-name]
               [-o|--output-filename filename] [-f|--follow]
               [-b|--base-directory directory]
               [--checksum] [--no-checksum]
               [--compat-libtool] [--no-compat-libtool]
               [--gcov-tool tool] [--ignore-errors errors]
               [--no-recursion] directory

DESCRIPTION

       geninfo  converts  all GCOV coverage data files found in directory into
       tracefiles, which the genhtml tool can convert to HTML output.

       Unless the --output-filename option is specified,  geninfo  writes  its
       output  to  one  file  per  .da file, the name of which is generated by
       simply appending ".info" to the respective .da file name.

       Note that the current user needs write access to both directory as well
       as to the original source code location. This is necessary because some
       temporary files have to be created there during the conversion process.

       Note  also  that  geninfo  is called from within lcov, so that there is
       usually no need to call it directly.

       Exclusion markers

       To exclude specific lines  of  code  from  a  tracefile,  you  can  add
       exclusion  markers  to  the source code. Exclusion markers are keywords
       which can for example be added in the form of a comment.

       The following markers are recognized by geninfo:

       LCOV_EXCL_LINE
              Lines containing this marker will be excluded.
       LCOV_EXCL_START
              Marks the beginning of an excluded section. The current line  is
              part of this section.
       LCOV_EXCL_STOP
              Marks  the end of an excluded section. The current line not part
              of this section.

OPTIONS

       -b directory
       --base-directory directory
              Use directory as base directory for relative paths.

              Use  this  option  to  specify   the   base   directory   of   a
              build-environment when geninfo produces error messages like:

                     ERROR:      could      not      read      source     file
                     /home/user/project/subdir1/subdir2/subdir1/subdir2/file.c

              In this example, use /home/user/project as base directory.

              This  option  is  required  when using geninfo on projects built
              with libtool or similar build environments that work with a base
              directory,   i.e.   environments,   where  the  current  working
              directory when invoking the compiler is not the  same  directory
              in which the source code file is located.

              Note  that  this  option  will  not  work  in environments where
              multiple base directories are used.  In  that  case  repeat  the
              geninfo   call   for   each   base  directory  while  using  the
              --ignore-errors option to prevent geninfo from exiting when  the
              first  source code file could not be found. This way you can get
              partial coverage information for each base directory  which  can
              then be combined using the -a option.

       --checksum
       --no-checksum
              Specify   whether   to   generate  checksum  data  when  writing
              tracefiles.

              Use --checksum to enable checksum generation or --no-checksum to
              disable it. Checksum generation is disabled by default.

              When   checksum  generation  is  enabled,  a  checksum  will  be
              generated for each source code line and stored  along  with  the
              coverage data. This checksum will be used to prevent attempts to
              combine coverage data from different source code versions.

              If you don’t work with different source code  versions,  disable
              this  option  to speed up coverage data processing and to reduce
              the size of tracefiles.

       --compat-libtool
       --no-compat-libtool
              Specify whether to enable libtool compatibility mode.

              Use --compat-libtool to enable  libtool  compatibility  mode  or
              --no-compat-libtool  to  disable  it.  The libtool compatibility
              mode is enabled by default.

              When libtool compatibility mode is enabled, geninfo will  assume
              that  the  source  code  relating  to  a  .da  file located in a
              directory named ".libs" can be found in its parent directory.

              If you have directories named ".libs" in your build  environment
              but  don’t  use libtool, disable this option to prevent problems
              when capturing coverage data.

       -f
       --follow
              Follow links when searching .da files.

       --gcov-tool tool
              Specify the location of the gcov tool.

       -h
       --help
              Print a short help text, then exit.

       --ignore-errors errors
              Specify a list of errors after which to continue processing.

              Use this option to specify a list of  one  or  more  classes  of
              errors after which geninfo should continue processing instead of
              aborting.

              errors can be a comma-separated list of the following keywords:

              gcov: the gcov tool returned with a non-zero return code.

              source: the source code file for a data set could not be  found.

       -i
       --initial
              Capture initial zero coverage data.

              Run  geninfo with this option on the directories containing .bb,
              .bbg or .gcno files before running any test case. The result  is
              a  "baseline" coverage data file that contains zero coverage for
              every instrumented line and function.  Combine  this  data  file
              (using  lcov  -a) with coverage data files captured after a test
              run to ensure that the percentage  of  total  lines  covered  is
              correct  even  when not all object code files were loaded during
              the test.

              Note: currently, the --initial option does not  generate  branch
              coverage information.

       --no-recursion
              Use  this  option  if  you  want  to  get  coverage data for the
              specified directory only without processing subdirectories.

       -o output-filename
       --output-filename output-filename
              Write all data to output-filename.

              If you want to have all data  written  to  a  single  file  (for
              easier  handling),  use  this  option  to specify the respective
              filename. By default, one tracefile will  be  created  for  each
              processed .da file.

       -q
       --quiet
              Do not print progress messages.

              Suppresses  all  informational progress output. When this switch
              is enabled, only error or warning messages are printed.

       -t testname
       --test-name testname
              Use test case name testname for resulting data. Valid test  case
              names  can consist of letters, decimal digits and the underscore
              character (’_’).

              This proves useful when data from several test cases  is  merged
              (i.e.  by  simply  concatenating  the  respective tracefiles) in
              which case a test name can be used to differentiate between data
              from each test case.

       -v
       --version
              Print version number, then exit.

FILES

       /etc/lcovrc
              The system-wide configuration file.

       ~/.lcovrc
              The per-user configuration file.

       Following  is  a  quick  description of the tracefile format as used by
       genhtml, geninfo and lcov.

       A tracefile is made up of several human-readable lines of text, divided
       into sections. If available, a tracefile begins with the testname which
       is stored in the following format:

         TN:<test name>

       For each source file referenced in the .da file,  there  is  a  section
       containing filename and coverage data:

         SF:<absolute path to the source file>

       Following is a list of line numbers for each function name found in the
       source file:

         FN:<line number of function start>,<function name>

       Next, there is  a  list  of  execution  counts  for  each  instrumented
       function:

         FNDA:<execution count>,<function name>

       This  list  is followed by two lines containing the number of functions
       found and hit:

         FNF:<number of functions found>
         FNH:<number of function hit>

       Branch coverage information is stored which one line per branch:

         BRDA:<line number>,<block number>,<branch number>,<taken>

       Block number and branch number are gcc internal  IDs  for  the  branch.
       Taken  is either ’-’ if the basic block containing the branch was never
       executed or a number indicating how often that branch was taken.

       Branch coverage summaries are stored in two lines:

         BRF:<number of branches found>
         BRH:<number of branches hit>

       Then there is a list of execution counts  for  each  instrumented  line
       (i.e. a line which resulted in executable code):

         DA:<line number>,<execution count>[,<checksum>]

       Note   that  there  may  be  an  optional  checksum  present  for  each
       instrumented line. The current geninfo implementation uses an MD5  hash
       as checksumming algorithm.

       At  the  end of a section, there is a summary about how many lines were
       found and how many were actually instrumented:

         LH:<number of lines with a non-zero execution count>
         LF:<number of instrumented lines>

       Each sections ends with:

         end_of_record

       In addition to the main source code file there  are  sections  for  all
       #included files which also contain executable code.

       Note  that  the  absolute  path  of  a  source  file  is  generated  by
       interpreting the contents of the respective .bb file (see gcov (1)  for
       more  information  on  this file type). Relative filenames are prefixed
       with the directory in which the .bb file is found.

       Note also that symbolic links to the .bb file will be resolved so  that
       the  actual  file  path  is  used  instead  of the path to a link. This
       approach is necessary for the mechanism to  work  with  the  /proc/gcov
       files.

AUTHOR

       Peter Oberparleiter <Peter.Oberparleiter@de.ibm.com>

SEE ALSO

       lcov(1), genhtml(1), genpng(1), gendesc(1), gcov(1)