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Re: [XEN][PATCH v2] coverage: extend coverage on .init and lib code


  • To: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii_strashko@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 09:35:11 +0100
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  • Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx>, Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@xxxxxxxx>, Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>, Victor Lira <victorm.lira@xxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:35:20 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 05.12.2025 20:34, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> --- a/xen/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/xen/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -39,11 +39,23 @@ config COVERAGE
>       bool "Code coverage support"
>       depends on SYSCTL && !LIVEPATCH
>       select SUPPRESS_DUPLICATE_SYMBOL_WARNINGS if !ENFORCE_UNIQUE_SYMBOLS
> +     select RELAX_INIT_CHECK
> +     select DO_NOT_FREE_INIT_MEMORY
>       help
>         Enable code coverage support.
>  
>         If unsure, say N here.
>  
> +config RELAX_INIT_CHECK
> +    bool
> +    help
> +      Relax strict check for .init sections only in %.init.o files.
> +
> +config DO_NOT_FREE_INIT_MEMORY
> +    bool
> +    help
> +      Prevent freeing of .init sections at the end of Xen boot.
> +
>  config CONDITION_COVERAGE
>       bool "Condition coverage support"
>       depends on COVERAGE && CC_HAS_MCDC

Please obey to the somewhat special indentation rules for Kconfig files.

> @@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.S FORCE
>  
>  
>  quiet_cmd_obj_init_o = INIT_O  $@
> +ifneq ($(CONFIG_RELAX_INIT_CHECK),y)
>  define cmd_obj_init_o
>      $(OBJDUMP) -h $< | while read idx name sz rest; do \
>          case "$$name" in \
> @@ -271,6 +272,11 @@ define cmd_obj_init_o
>      done || exit $$?; \
>      $(OBJCOPY) $(foreach s,$(SPECIAL_DATA_SECTIONS),--rename-section 
> .$(s)=.init.$(s)) $< $@
>  endef
> +else
> +define cmd_obj_init_o
> +    $(OBJCOPY) $(foreach s,$(SPECIAL_DATA_SECTIONS),--rename-section 
> .$(s)=.init.$(s)) $< $@
> +endef
> +endif

If the objcopy indeed needs suppressing altogether (as Andrew suggests), the
unwanted redundancy here would go away anyway. Otherwise my (recurring)
request to avoid such duplication.

> --- a/xen/common/libfdt/Makefile
> +++ b/xen/common/libfdt/Makefile
> @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ SECTIONS := text data $(SPECIAL_DATA_SECTIONS)
>  # For CONFIG_OVERLAY_DTB, libfdt functionalities will be needed during 
> runtime.
>  ifneq ($(CONFIG_OVERLAY_DTB),y)
>  OBJCOPYFLAGS := $(foreach s,$(SECTIONS),--rename-section .$(s)=.init.$(s))
> -nocov-y += libfdt.o
>  endif
>  
>  obj-y += libfdt.o

Is this sufficient? Don't you first need to replace the custom objcopy use?

Jan



 


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