Zero footprint coverage analysis

RapiCover^Zero analyzes the structural coverage achieved when executable code is run, supporting structural coverage analysis when a project's source code is unavailable or can't be instrumented.

RapiCover^Zero supports analysis of the following coverage metrics:

• Function
• Call
• Statement
• Branch/decision

To analyze structural coverage from program execution, RapiCover^Zero uses information collected from branch traces generated by compatible hardware and combines this with extra information collected from a disassembly of the executable. This allows coverage to be analyzed without instrumentation of or even access to source code, and with no modification of the build system. For a list of compatible hardware, see RapiCover^Zero's platform support.

On some platforms, RapiCover can also report on decision coverage for conditional non-branch instructions.

If you're using RapiCover to collect coverage from instrumented source code, you can merge your RapiCover results with those from RapiCover^Zero, for example to supplement your coverage results with MC/DC, which can't be collected by RapiCover^Zero.