The patch is selecting the proper section where -fprofile-generate is documented.
Martin
>From 00a7b92ef9bc7158a3e7202deb9b18b8d95dd5d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marxin <mli...@suse.cz> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:11:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fix documentation reference (PR web/71666) gcc/ChangeLog: 2016-11-25 Martin Liska <mli...@suse.cz> PR web/71666 * doc/invoke.texi (-fprofile-use): Fix reference to a section where -fprofile-generate is documented. --- gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi index 34c7187..8a0cad7 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi @@ -8921,8 +8921,8 @@ which are generally profitable only with profile feedback available: @option{-ftree-vectorize}, and @option{ftree-loop-distribute-patterns}. Before you can use this option, you must first generate profiling information. -@xref{Optimize Options}, for information about the @option{-fprofile-generate} -option. +@xref{Instrumentation Options}, for information about the +@option{-fprofile-generate} option. By default, GCC emits an error message if the feedback profiles do not match the source code. This error can be turned into a warning by using -- 2.10.2