dump_gcov

#!/bin/bash

if [ -z "$1" ]
  then
    echo " "
    echo "Usage: dump_gcov <proc_name1> <proc_name2> <proc_name3> ..."
    echo " "
    exit
fi

if [ -p "/tmp" ]; then
    echo " "
    echo "/tmp path is missing. dump_gcov stores temporary data in /tmp. you might want to add it."
    echo " "
    exit
fi

echo "set pagination off" > ~/.gdbinit

for procname in "$@"
do

    	echo " "
	echo "Application: $procname "
	pid=`pidof $procname`
	if [ -z "$pid" ]
  	then
    		#echo " "
    		echo "	pid not found for process: $procname"
    		echo " "
    		continue
	fi

	gcov_tmp_file_name=/root/tmp_$pid
	gcov_err_file_name=/root/tmperr_$pid
	gcov_log_file_name=/root/tmperr_$pid

	echo "call __gcov_flush()" > $gcov_tmp_file_name
	echo "thread apply all call __gcov_flush()" >> $gcov_tmp_file_name

	echo "	Dumping gcov data..."
	gdb -p $pid -batch -x $gcov_tmp_file_name --args $procname 2>$gcov_err_file_name 1>$gcov_log_file_name

	if grep -q "Error in sourced command file" $gcov_err_file_name; then
		echo "	Unable to dump gcov data: gdb error - recompile $procname with gcov flags"
		echo " "
	else 
		echo "	Gcov data dump complete."
		echo " "
	fi

	rm $gcov_tmp_file_name

        if [ -f $gcov_err_file_name ]; then
		rm $gcov_err_file_name
	fi

        if [ -f $gcov_log_file_name ]; then
		rm $gcov_log_file_name
	fi
done

rm ~/.gdbinit