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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH-0/2] Hypervisor profiling using GCOV (64bit Hypervisor)



Hi,

Sorry for the late reply.

On Mar 26, 2009, at 7:59 AM, Tej wrote:

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Tej <bewith.tej@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Gianluca Guida
<gianluca.guida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
While I still need to test the patch (building 3.3 right now) and to
understand gcov internals, I think that a few comments can be done, mostly
aestethicals.

- xen coding style: Using four-spaces tabs is generally the tradition. Also I do prefer to have brackets that start code blocks on a new line aligned to
the previous line, but that's not followed everywhere in the code.

- Makefiles: while the num=$*.c is still a mystery to me, my question is: do
you really need to make links with different names to files compiled
multiple times? If so, it would be useful to remove them on 'make clean'. Also, it would be useful to make this feature enabled with a compile-time
option.

Attached patches address the four-spaces tabs and make clean issues.
Hope the code is more clean and readable

Hi

Sorry for interrupting you guys from your busy schedule, as i just
want to know the current status for GCOV patches i submitted early
this month.
any feedback on "testing/coding/design/feature" will be appreciated.

I've been testing it for a while, and it seems an useful and interesting feature.

A few comments, though:

- As I said, while the patch is minimal enough, the feature requires some intrusive changes in Xen, like changing the linker script (via the definition of CONSTRUCTORS) and in general it changes the compiler behavior, so I think it should be mandatory to make this feature explicitely enabled at compile time, e.g. gcov=y. - I am talking about Xen code only, but I think a few part of the codes should be more clear. I find very confusing the difference between xen_gcov_info and gcov_info, and all the instructions that uses them. A better naming scheme for the variables and more comments would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Gianluca

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