AIX 7.2 TL5 SP4 and AIX 7.3 TL0 SP2 have been released as of now.
The linker in these OS versions recognizes and properly supports
__start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME symbols which are needed for PGO.
This reverts commit 93bb2f16e8.
gcov is an "Edge Profiling with Edge Counters" application according to
Optimally Profiling and Tracing Programs (1994).
The minimum number of counters necessary is |E|-(|V|-1). The unmeasured edges
form a spanning tree. Both GCC --coverage and clang -fprofile-generate leverage
this optimization. This patch implements the optimization for clang --coverage.
The produced .gcda files are much smaller now.
GCC r187297 (2012-05) introduced `__gcov_dump` and `__gcov_reset`.
`__gcov_flush = __gcov_dump + __gcov_reset`
The resolution to https://gcc.gnu.org/PR93623 ("No need to dump gcdas when forking" target GCC 11.0) removed the unuseful and undocumented __gcov_flush.
Close PR38064.
Reviewed By: calixte, serge-sans-paille
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D83149
Wael Yehia