When an if-expression is a condition in an outer decision, the compiler
may entirely encode the interplay between the two decisions, i.e. the
if-expression and the outer one, in the control-flow graph, effectively
creating branches that are shared between the two decisions.
This makes it very hard for external tools to map the control-flow graph
back to the source code, so the change instructs the compiler to generate
an intermediate temporary in this case with -fpreserve-control-flow.
Tested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, committed on trunk
gcc/ada/
* exp_ch4.adb (Expand_N_If_Expression): Generate an intermediate
temporary when the expression is a condition in an outer decision
and control-flow optimizations are suppressed.
diff --git a/gcc/ada/exp_ch4.adb b/gcc/ada/exp_ch4.adb
--- a/gcc/ada/exp_ch4.adb
+++ b/gcc/ada/exp_ch4.adb
@@ -6253,6 +6253,46 @@ package body Exp_Ch4 is
return;
end if;
+ -- For the sake of GNATcoverage, generate an intermediate temporary in
+ -- the case where the if-expression is a condition in an outer decision,
+ -- in order to make sure that no branch is shared between the decisions.
+
+ elsif Opt.Suppress_Control_Flow_Optimizations
+ and then Nkind (Original_Node (Parent (N))) in N_Case_Expression
+ | N_Case_Statement
+ | N_If_Expression
+ | N_If_Statement
+ | N_Goto_When_Statement
+ | N_Loop_Statement
+ | N_Return_When_Statement
+ | N_Short_Circuit
+ then
+ declare
+ Cnn : constant Entity_Id := Make_Temporary (Loc, 'C');
+ Acts : List_Id;
+
+ begin
+ -- Generate:
+ -- do
+ -- Cnn : constant Typ := N;
+ -- in Cnn end
+
+ Acts := New_List (
+ Make_Object_Declaration (Loc,
+ Defining_Identifier => Cnn,
+ Constant_Present => True,
+ Object_Definition => New_Occurrence_Of (Typ, Loc),
+ Expression => Relocate_Node (N)));
+
+ Rewrite (N,
+ Make_Expression_With_Actions (Loc,
+ Expression => New_Occurrence_Of (Cnn, Loc),
+ Actions => Acts));
+
+ Analyze_And_Resolve (N, Typ);
+ return;
+ end;
+
-- If no actions then no expansion needed, gigi will handle it using the
-- same approach as a C conditional expression.