[Bug gcov-profile/111038] New: The function summary in gcov

[gejoed at rediffmail dot com via Gcc-bugs]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111038

            Bug ID: 111038
           Summary: The function summary in gcov
           Product: gcc
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: gcov-profile
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: gejoed at rediffmail dot com
                CC: marxin at gcc dot gnu.org
  Target Milestone: ---

The GNU GCOV documentation talks about -f option :
-f
--function-summaries
Output summaries for each function in addition to the file level summary.

In my case, -f is used and I could see some lines with more than 100% use.
examples would be like :
 Function abcd_func1'
 Lines executed:140.00% of 5

 Function 'efgh_func2'
 Lines executed:56.25% of 16

 File 'filename.c'
 Lines executed:16.87% of 83
 Creating 'filename.c.gcov'


Here , the abcd_func1 is shown to have 140% of 5 lines. How do we interpret
this ?
There were other cases of 800%, 1400% etc... Is it because of the number of
times hit during the execution cycle with the executable ?

Let me know.

Thanks!
-Gejoe