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| author | Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch> | 2017-11-14 21:28:36 -1000 |
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| committer | Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch> | 2017-11-14 21:29:08 -1000 |
| commit | 4db82b7aab4ad64717f742a7318e3dc6811b41be (patch) | |
| tree | d5847b498238ff5747a2466469e83e5bed9bd510 /doc | |
| parent | 3bdf242fc68a8d767932c6214455d4d413effbc9 (diff) | |
| parent | 5ff01c236384c25ece31eba69f3718444cc2c599 (diff) | |
Merge #11680: [docs] Add instructions for lcov report generation
5ff01c236 [docs] Add instructions for lcov coverage report generation (James O'Beirne)
Pull request description:
After rediscovering the `lcov` report generation recipe one too many times, it seemed prudent to write some doc.
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diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md index 763ab054ca..1904400c55 100644 --- a/doc/developer-notes.md +++ b/doc/developer-notes.md @@ -182,6 +182,22 @@ $ valgrind --suppressions=contrib/valgrind.supp --leak-check=full \ $ valgrind -v --leak-check=full src/bitcoind -printtoconsole ``` +**compiling for test coverage** + +LCOV can be used to generate a test coverage report based upon `make check` +execution. LCOV must be installed on your system (e.g. the `lcov` package +on Debian/Ubuntu). + +To enable LCOV report generation during test runs: + +```shell +./configure --enable-lcov +make +make cov + +# A coverage report will now be accessible at `./test_bitcoin.coverage/index.html`. +``` + Locking/mutex usage notes ------------------------- |