https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80031
Bug ID: 80031 Summary: gcno files contain BB flags that are not used Product: gcc Version: 7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: gcov-profile Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: marxin at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- It's probably quite old regression where we unnecessarily emit block flags: profile.c: /* Basic block flags */ offset = gcov_write_tag (GCOV_TAG_BLOCKS); for (i = 0; i != (unsigned) (n_basic_blocks_for_fn (cfun)); i++) gcov_write_unsigned (0); gcov_write_length (offset);