Changes between Version 77 and Version 78 of TBR/UserManual/RTEMS_Coverage_Analysis

Timestamp:

09/22/09 01:03:01 (15 years ago)

Author:

GlennHumphrey

Comment:

/* How it was Done */ Improved wording

TBR/UserManual/RTEMS_Coverage_Analysis

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-The RTEMS Code Coverage Analysis process is designed to be as automated as possible.  The coverage testing is performed using a processor simulator in conjunction with a set of RTEMS specific support scripts.  The code to be analyzed is linked together as a single relocatable with special start (''start_coverage'') and end (''end_coverage'') symbols.  The relocatable is then linked to the same address in every test from the test suite.  Each test is then executed on a processor simulator that gathers information about which instructions were executed and produces a coverage map for the test.  After all tests have finished, the support script ''covmerge'' is used to merge all coverage maps into a unified coverage map for the entire test suite and to produce reports that identify the uncovered code.  The picture shown provides the general flow of the process.
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-One issue that had to be addressed was the different coverage map formats.  Each source of a coverage map (e.g. simulator, hardware debugger, etc.) may produce a coverage map in a different format.  The ''covmerge'' tool is implemented using C++ classes and provides for inheriting new Coverage Reader and Writer classes for specific coverage map formats.  This allows different formats to be converted to the internal representation used by ''covmerge''.  The ''covmerge'' script currently supports the formats produced by the TSIM and Skyeye simulators.
+The RTEMS Code Coverage Analysis process is designed to be as automated as possible.  The coverage testing is performed using a processor simulator in conjunction with a set of RTEMS Coverage Scripts.  The code to be analyzed is linked together as a single relocatable with special start (''start_coverage'') and end (''end_coverage'') symbols.  The relocatable is then linked to the same address in every test from the test suite.  Each test is then executed on a processor simulator that gathers information about which instructions were executed and produces a coverage map for the test.  After all tests have finished, the program ''covmerge'' is used to merge all coverage maps into a unified coverage map for the entire test suite and to produce reports that identify the uncovered code.  The picture shown provides the general flow of the process.
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+One issue that had to be addressed was the different coverage map formats.  Each source of a coverage map (e.g. simulator, hardware debugger, etc.) may produce a coverage map in a different format.  The ''covmerge'' tool is implemented using C++ classes and provides for inheriting new Coverage Reader and Writer classes for specific coverage map formats.  This allows different formats to be converted to the internal representation used by ''covmerge''.  The ''covmerge'' program currently supports the formats produced by the TSIM and Skyeye simulators.
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