convert_to_gcda(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to convert_to_gcda(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is literally about converting profiling data set to gcda file format, and it's short but iconic 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

convert_to_gcda — convert profiling data set to gcda file format 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

size_t convert_to_gcda (char *buffer , struct gcov_info *info );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• buffer — the buffer to store file data, or NULL if no data should be stored 🙈 no cap, NULL is valid here
• info — the profiling data set to be converted ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns the number of bytes that were/would have been stored into the buffer 🫶

so like, that's the whole vibe: you get a byte count back, and if buffer is NULL, it's the count of what would have been stored, iykyk 😌

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c 👑
• struct gcov_ctr_info(9)
• struct gcov_fn_info(9)
• struct gcov_info(9)
• gcov_info_filename(9)
• gcov_info_version(9)
• gcov_info_next(9)
• gcov_info_link(9)
• gcov_info_unlink(9)
• gcov_info_within_module(9)
• gcov_info_reset(9)
• gcov_info_is_compatible(9)
• gcov_info_add(9)
• gcov_info_dup(9)
• gcov_info_free(9)
• ./kernel/gcov 🌈

xoxo, source/version ./kernel/gcov, dated October 2026 💅