https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89469
Bug ID: 89469 Summary: [GCOV] wrong frequencies for the first statement in the for(;;) block Product: gcc Version: 8.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: gcov-profile Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: yangyibiao at nju dot edu.cn CC: marxin at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- $ gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/8/lto-wrapper OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1 Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 8.2.0-1ubuntu2~18.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-8/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-8 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --with-target-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 8.2.0 (Ubuntu 8.2.0-1ubuntu2~18.04) $ cat small.c int main() { int start = 0, mid = 3, limit = 3, lastMid = 6, r = 0; for (;;) { mid = (start + limit) / 2; if (lastMid == mid) { break; } r = mid == 1 ? 1 : 0; if (r > 0) { start = mid; } else { return 1; } } return 0; } $ gcc -O0 --coverage small.c -w; ./a.out; gcov small.c; cat small.c.gcov File 'small.c' Lines executed:80.00% of 10 Creating 'small.c.gcov' -: 0:Source:small.c -: 0:Graph:small.gcno -: 0:Data:small.gcda -: 0:Runs:1 -: 0:Programs:1 1: 1:int main() -: 2:{ 1: 3: int start = 0, mid = 3, limit = 3, lastMid = 6, r = 0; -: 4: for (;;) { 1: 5: mid = (start + limit) / 2; 2: 6: if (lastMid == mid) { #####: 7: break; -: 8: } -: 9: 2: 10: r = mid == 1 ? 1 : 0; -: 11: 2: 12: if (r > 0) { 1: 13: start = mid; -: 14: } else { 1: 15: return 1; -: 16: } -: 17: } #####: 18: return 0; -: 19:} Line #5 is wrongly marked as executed once which should be executed twice. When Line #7 is removed, the result is correct as: $ gcc -O0 --coverage small.c -w; ./a.out; gcov small.c; cat small.c.gcov File 'small.c' Lines executed:100.00% of 7 Creating 'small.c.gcov' -: 0:Source:small.c -: 0:Graph:small.gcno -: 0:Data:small.gcda -: 0:Runs:1 -: 0:Programs:1 1: 1:int main() -: 2:{ 1: 3: int start = 0, mid = 3, limit = 3, lastMid = 6, r = 0; -: 4: for (;;) { 2: 5: mid = (start + limit) / 2; -: 6: if (lastMid == mid) { -: 7: // break; -: 8: } -: 9: 2: 10: r = mid == 1 ? 1 : 0; -: 11: 2: 12: if (r > 0) { 1: 13: start = mid; -: 14: } else { 1: 15: return 1; -: 16: } -: 17: } -: 18: return 0; -: 19:}