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LLVM-COV(1)			      LLVM			     LLVM-COV(1)

NAME
     llvm-cov - emit coverage information

SYNOPSIS
     llvm-cov command [args...]

DESCRIPTION
     The llvm-cov tool shows code coverage information for programs that are in-
     strumented  to  emit  profile  data. It can be used to work with gcov-style
     coverage or with clang's instrumentation based profiling.

     If the program is invoked with a base name of gcov, it will  behave  as  if
     the  llvm-cov gcov command were called. Otherwise, a command should be pro-
     vided.

COMMANDS
     * gcov

     * show

     * report

     * export

GCOV COMMAND
   SYNOPSIS
     llvm-cov gcov [options] SOURCEFILE

   DESCRIPTION
     The llvm-cov gcov tool reads code coverage data files and displays the cov-
     erage information for a specified source file. It is  compatible  with  the
     gcov  tool  from  version	4.2  of GCC and may also be compatible with some
     later versions of gcov.

     To use llvm-cov gcov, you must first build an instrumented version of  your
     application that collects coverage data as it runs. Compile with the -fpro-
     file-arcs and -ftest-coverage options to add the instrumentation. (Alterna-
     tively,  you  can	use  the --coverage option, which includes both of those
     other options.)

     At the time you compile the instrumented code, a .gcno data  file	will  be
     generated	for each object file. These .gcno files contain half of the cov-
     erage data. The other half of the data comes from .gcda files that are gen-
     erated when you run the instrumented program, with a  separate  .gcda  file
     for  each	object file. Each time you run the program, the execution counts
     are summed into any existing .gcda files, so be  sure  to	remove	any  old
     files if you do not want their contents to be included.

     By  default, the .gcda files are written into the same directory as the ob-
     ject files, but you can  override	that  by  setting  the	GCOV_PREFIX  and
     GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP	environment  variables.  The  GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP variable
     specifies a number of directory components to be removed from the start  of
     the  absolute  path to the object file directory. After stripping those di-
     rectories, the prefix from the GCOV_PREFIX variable is added.  These  envi-
     ronment  variables  allow	you to run the instrumented program on a machine
     where the original object file directories are not accessible, but you will
     then need to copy the .gcda files back to the object file directories where
     llvm-cov gcov expects to find them.

     Once you have generated the coverage data files, run llvm-cov gcov for each
     main source file where you want  to  examine  the	coverage  results.  This
     should  be  run  from  the same directory where you previously ran the com-
     piler. The results for the specified source file  are  written  to  a  file
     named  by	appending a .gcov suffix. A separate output file is also created
     for each file included by the main source file, also with	a  .gcov  suffix
     added.

     The basic content of an .gcov output file is a copy of the source file with
     an  execution  count and line number prepended to every line. The execution
     count is shown as - if a line does not contain any executable  code.  If  a
     line contains code but that code was never executed, the count is displayed
     as #####.

   OPTIONS
     -a, --all-blocks
	    Display  all basic blocks. If there are multiple blocks for a single
	    line of source code, this option causes llvm-cov to show  the  count
	    for each block instead of just one count for the entire line.

     -b, --branch-probabilities
	    Display conditional branch probabilities and a summary of branch in-
	    formation.

     -c, --branch-counts
	    Display branch counts instead of probabilities (requires -b).

     -m, --demangled-names
	    Demangle function names.

     -f, --function-summaries
	    Show  a  summary  of  coverage for each function instead of just one
	    summary for an entire source file.

     --help
	    Display available options (--help-hidden for more).

     -l, --long-file-names
	    For coverage output of files included from the main source file, add
	    the main file name followed by ## as a prefix  to  the  output  file
	    names.  This can be combined with the --preserve-paths option to use
	    complete paths for both the main file and the included file.

     -n, --no-output
	    Do not output any .gcov files. Summary  information  is  still  dis-
	    played.

     -o <DIR|FILE>, --object-directory=<DIR>, --object-file=<FILE>
	    Find  objects  in DIR or based on FILE's path. If you specify a par-
	    ticular object file, the coverage data files are  expected	to  have
	    the same base name with .gcno and .gcda extensions. If you specify a
	    directory,	the  files  are expected in that directory with the same
	    base name as the source file.

     -p, --preserve-paths
	    Preserve path components when naming the coverage output  files.  In
	    addition  to  the source file name, include the directories from the
	    path to that file. The directories are  separate  by  #  characters,
	    with  . directories removed and .. directories replaced by ^ charac-
	    ters. When used with the --long-file-names option, this  applies  to
	    both the main file name and the included file name.

     -r     Only  dump files with relative paths or absolute paths with the pre-
	    fix specified by -s.

     -s <string>
	    Source prefix to elide.

     -t, --stdout
	    Print to stdout instead of producing .gcov files.

     -u, --unconditional-branches
	    Include unconditional branches in the output for the --branch-proba-
	    bilities option.

     -version
	    Display the version of llvm-cov.

     -x, --hash-filenames
	    Use md5 hash of file name when naming the coverage output files. The
	    source file name will be suffixed by ## followed by MD5 hash  calcu-
	    lated for it.

   EXIT STATUS
     llvm-cov gcov returns 1 if it cannot read input files.  Otherwise, it exits
     with zero.

SHOW COMMAND
   SYNOPSIS
     llvm-cov  show  [options]	-instr-profile	PROFILE  [BIN]	[-object BIN]...
     [-sources] [SOURCE]...

   DESCRIPTION
     The llvm-cov show command shows line  by  line  coverage  of  the	binaries
     BIN...   using  the  profile data PROFILE. It can optionally be filtered to
     only show the coverage for the files listed in SOURCE....

     BIN may be an executable, object file, dynamic library, or archive (thin or
     otherwise).

     To use llvm-cov show, you need a program that is compiled with instrumenta-
     tion to emit profile and coverage data. To build such a program with  clang
     use  the  -fprofile-instr-generate and -fcoverage-mapping flags. If linking
     with the clang driver, pass -fprofile-instr-generate to the link  stage  to
     make sure the necessary runtime libraries are linked in.

     The  coverage  information is stored in the built executable or library it-
     self, and this is what you should pass to llvm-cov show as a BIN  argument.
     The  profile  data  is  generated by running this instrumented program nor-
     mally. When the program exits it will write out a raw profile  file,  typi-
     cally  called  default.profraw,  which can be converted to a format that is
     suitable for the PROFILE argument using the llvm-profdata merge tool.

   OPTIONS
     -show-branches=<VIEW>
	    Show coverage for branch conditions in terms of either count or per-
	    centage.  The supported views are: "count", "percent".

     -show-line-counts
	    Show the execution counts for each line. Defaults  to  true,  unless
	    another -show option is used.

     -show-expansions
	    Expand  inclusions,  such  as  preprocessor macros or textual inclu-
	    sions, inline in the display of the source file. Defaults to false.

     -show-instantiations
	    For source regions that are instantiated  multiple	times,	such  as
	    templates  in C++, show each instantiation separately as well as the
	    combined summary.  Defaults to true.

     -show-regions
	    Show the execution counts for each region by displaying a caret that
	    points to the character where the region starts. Defaults to false.

     -show-line-counts-or-regions
	    Show the execution counts for each line if there is only one  region
	    on	the  line, but show the individual regions if there are multiple
	    on the line.  Defaults to false.

     -use-color
	    Enable or disable color output. By default this is autodetected.

     -arch=[*NAMES*]
	    Specify a list of architectures such that the Nth entry in the  list
	    corresponds  to the Nth specified binary. If the covered object is a
	    universal binary, this specifies the architecture to use. It  is  an
	    error to specify an architecture that is not included in the univer-
	    sal  binary or to use an architecture that does not match a non-uni-
	    versal binary.

     -name=<NAME>
	    Show code coverage only for functions with the given name.

     -name-allowlist=<FILE>
	    Show code coverage only for functions listed in the given file. Each
	    line in the file should start with allowlist_fun:, immediately  fol-
	    lowed  by  the  name  of  the function to accept. This name can be a
	    wildcard expression.

     -name-regex=<PATTERN>
	    Show code coverage only for functions that match the  given  regular
	    expression.

     -ignore-filename-regex=<PATTERN>
	    Skip  source code files with file paths that match the given regular
	    expression.

     -format=<FORMAT>
	    Use the specified output format. The supported formats are:  "text",
	    "html".

     -tab-size=<TABSIZE>
	    Replace  tabs  with  <TABSIZE>  spaces  when preparing reports. Cur-
	    rently, this is only supported for the html format.

     -output-dir=PATH
	    Specify a directory to write coverage reports into. If the directory
	    does not exist, it is created. When used in function view mode  (i.e
	    when  -name  or  -name-regex are used to select specific functions),
	    the report is written to PATH/functions.EXTENSION. When used in file
	    view   mode,   a   report	for   each   file    is    written    to
	    PATH/REL_PATH_TO_FILE.EXTENSION.

     -Xdemangler=<TOOL>|<TOOL-OPTION>
	    Specify  a	symbol	demangler. This can be used to make reports more
	    human-readable. This option can be specified multiple times to  sup-
	    ply  arguments to the demangler (e.g -Xdemangler c++filt -Xdemangler
	    -n for C++).  The demangler is expected to read a  newline-separated
	    list of symbols from stdin and write a newline-separated list of the
	    same length to stdout.

     -num-threads=N, -j=N
	    Use  N  threads  to  write	file reports (only applicable when -out-
	    put-dir is specified). When N=0, llvm-cov auto-detects an  appropri-
	    ate number of threads to use. This is the default.

     -compilation-dir=<dir>
	    Directory  used  as a base for relative coverage mapping paths. Only
	    applicable when binaries have been compiled  with  one  of	-fcover-
	    age-prefix-map    -fcoverage-compilation-dir,   or	 -ffile-compila-
	    tion-dir.

     -line-coverage-gt=<N>
	    Show code coverage only for functions  with  line  coverage  greater
	    than the given threshold.

     -line-coverage-lt=<N>
	    Show  code	coverage only for functions with line coverage less than
	    the given threshold.

     -region-coverage-gt=<N>
	    Show code coverage only for functions with region  coverage  greater
	    than the given threshold.

     -region-coverage-lt=<N>
	    Show code coverage only for functions with region coverage less than
	    the given threshold.

     -path-equivalence=<from>,<to>
	    Map  the paths in the coverage data to local source file paths. This
	    allows you to generate the coverage data on one  machine,  and  then
	    use llvm-cov on a different machine where you have the same files on
	    a different path.

     -coverage-watermark=<high>,<low>
	    Set high and low watermarks for coverage in html format output. This
	    allows you to set the high and low watermark of coverage as desired,
	    green  when  coverage  >=  high, red when coverage < low, and yellow
	    otherwise. Both high and low should be between 0-100 and high > low.

     -debuginfod

     Use debuginfod to look up coverage mapping for binary IDs	present  in  the
     profile  but  not in any object given on the command line. Defaults to true
     if debuginfod is compiled in and configured via the  DEBUGINFOD_URLS  envi-
     ronment variable.

     -debug-file-directory=<dir>

     Provides  local  directories  to search for objects corresponding to binary
     IDs in the profile (as with debuginfod). Defaults to system build ID direc-
     tories.

REPORT COMMAND
   SYNOPSIS
     llvm-cov report [options] -instr-profile  PROFILE	[BIN]  [-object  BIN]...
     [-sources] [SOURCE]...

   DESCRIPTION
     The llvm-cov report command displays a summary of the coverage of the bina-
     ries  BIN...  using the profile data PROFILE. It can optionally be filtered
     to only show the coverage for the files listed in SOURCE....

     BIN may be an executable, object file, dynamic library, or archive (thin or
     otherwise).

     If no source files are provided, a summary line is printed for each file in
     the coverage data. If any files are provided, summaries can  be  shown  for
     each function in the listed files if the -show-functions option is enabled.

     For  information  on compiling programs for coverage and generating profile
     data, see SHOW COMMAND.

   OPTIONS
     -use-color[=VALUE]
	    Enable or disable color output. By default this is autodetected.

     -arch=<name>
	    If the covered binary is a universal binary, select the architecture
	    to use.  It is an error to specify an architecture that is	not  in-
	    cluded  in	the universal binary or to use an architecture that does
	    not match a non-universal binary.

     -show-region-summary
	    Show statistics for all regions. Defaults to true.

     -show-branch-summary
	    Show statistics for all branch conditions. Defaults to true.

     -show-functions
	    Show coverage summaries for each function. Defaults to false.

     -show-instantiation-summary
	    Show statistics for all function instantiations. Defaults to false.

     -ignore-filename-regex=<PATTERN>
	    Skip source code files with file paths that match the given  regular
	    expression.

     -compilation-dir=<dir>
	    Directory  used  as a base for relative coverage mapping paths. Only
	    applicable when binaries have been compiled  with  one  of	-fcover-
	    age-prefix-map    -fcoverage-compilation-dir,   or	 -ffile-compila-
	    tion-dir.

     -debuginfod

     Attempt to look up coverage mapping from objects using debuginfod. This  is
     attempted by default for binary IDs present in the profile but not provided
     on  the  command  line, so long as debuginfod is compiled in and configured
     via DEBUGINFOD_URLS.

     -debug-file-directory=<dir>

     Provides a directory to search for objects corresponding to binary  IDs  in
     the profile.

EXPORT COMMAND
   SYNOPSIS
     llvm-cov  export  [options]  -instr-profile  PROFILE [BIN] [-object BIN]...
     [-sources] [SOURCE]...

   DESCRIPTION
     The llvm-cov export command exports coverage data of  the	binaries  BIN...
     using the profile data PROFILE in either JSON or lcov trace file format.

     When exporting JSON, the regions, functions, branches, expansions, and sum-
     maries  of the coverage data will be exported. When exporting an lcov trace
     file, the line-based coverage, branch coverage, and summaries will  be  ex-
     ported.

     The  exported  data  can optionally be filtered to only export the coverage
     for the files listed in SOURCE....

     For information on compiling programs for coverage and  generating  profile
     data, see SHOW COMMAND.

   OPTIONS
     -arch=<name>
	    If the covered binary is a universal binary, select the architecture
	    to	use.   It is an error to specify an architecture that is not in-
	    cluded in the universal binary or to use an architecture  that  does
	    not match a non-universal binary.

     -format=<FORMAT>
	    Use  the  specified output format. The supported formats are: "text"
	    (JSON), "lcov".

     -summary-only
	    Export only summary information for each file in the coverage  data.
	    This  mode	will  not  export coverage information for smaller units
	    such as individual functions or regions. The result will contain the
	    same information as produced by the  llvm-cov  report  command,  but
	    presented in JSON or lcov format rather than text.

     -ignore-filename-regex=<PATTERN>
	    Skip  source code files with file paths that match the given regular
	    expression.

	    -skip-expansions

	    Skip exporting macro expansion coverage data.

	    -skip-functions

	    Skip exporting per-function coverage data.

	    -num-threads=N, -j=N

	    Use N threads to export coverage data. When N=0,  llvm-cov	auto-de-
	    tects an appropriate number of threads to use. This is the default.

     -compilation-dir=<dir>
	    Directory  used  as a base for relative coverage mapping paths. Only
	    applicable when binaries have been compiled  with  one  of	-fcover-
	    age-prefix-map    -fcoverage-compilation-dir,   or	 -ffile-compila-
	    tion-dir.

     -debuginfod

     Attempt to look up coverage mapping from objects using debuginfod. This  is
     attempted by default for binary IDs present in the profile but not provided
     on  the  command  line, so long as debuginfod is compiled in and configured
     via DEBUGINFOD_URLS.

     -debug-file-directory=<dir>

     Provides a directory to search for objects corresponding to binary  IDs  in
     the profile.

AUTHOR
     Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/).

COPYRIGHT
     2003-2023, LLVM Project

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