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diff --git a/docs/SourceBasedCodeCoverage.rst b/docs/SourceBasedCodeCoverage.rst index 474af30ae30f7..805c98794804a 100644 --- a/docs/SourceBasedCodeCoverage.rst +++ b/docs/SourceBasedCodeCoverage.rst @@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ To specify an alternate directory for raw profiles, use Drawbacks and limitations ========================= +* Prior to version 2.26, the GNU binutils BFD linker is not able link programs + compiled with ``-fcoverage-mapping`` in its ``--gc-sections`` mode. Possible + workarounds include disabling ``--gc-sections``, upgrading to a newer version + of BFD, or using the Gold linker. + * Code coverage does not handle unpredictable changes in control flow or stack unwinding in the presence of exceptions precisely. Consider the following function: |