Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/5] gcov: more cleanup

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/09/16 13:06, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 01:04:45PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 02/09/16 12:47, Wei Liu wrote:
>>> This series further cleans up existing gcov code. It should be now clear 
>>> that
>>> Xen's gcov is using gcc 3.4 format.
>>>
>>> I have tried to integrate gcc 4.7 format. The amount of work is moderate in
>>> terms of coding effort, but I now believe it is a mistake to have invented 
>>> xen
>>> specific format which is in fact tied to gcc 3.4. I can't map gcc 4.7 
>>> format to
>>> Xen's own format, so I stop here.
>> Given that the interface has clearly bitrotten since it was first
>> introduced, I think it is reasonable to declare amnesty to fix it properly.
>>
>> As the format is chosen at configure time, I think it is reasonable for
>> the Xen interface to just hand back blobs, and require the tools in dom0
>> to know how to interpret them.
>>
> Yes. I think that's how I would do it. But I don't have time for it now.

That's perfectly ok.  Thanks for getting this far.

~Andrew

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