coverage attribute

src/SUMMARY.md

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     - [Limits](attributes/limits.md)
     - [Type System](attributes/type_system.md)
     - [Debugger](attributes/debugger.md)
+    - [Coverage instrumentation](attributes/coverage-instrumentation.md)
 
 - [Statements and expressions](statements-and-expressions.md)
     - [Statements](statements.md)

src/attributes.md

@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ The following is an index of all built-in attributes.
   - [`debugger_visualizer`] --- Embeds a file that specifies debugger output for a type.
   - [`collapse_debuginfo`] --- Controls how macro invocations are encoded in debuginfo.
 
+- Coverage Instrumentation
+  - [`coverage`] --- Controls how code coverage is instrumented.
+
 [Doc comments]: comments.md#doc-comments
 [ECMA-334]: https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-334/
 [ECMA-335]: https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-335/
@@ -347,6 +350,7 @@ The following is an index of all built-in attributes.
 [`cfg`]: conditional-compilation.md#the-cfg-attribute
 [`cold`]: attributes/codegen.md#the-cold-attribute
 [`collapse_debuginfo`]: attributes/debugger.md#the-collapse_debuginfo-attribute
+[`coverage`]: attributes/coverage-instrumentation.md#the-coverage-attribute
 [`crate_name`]: crates-and-source-files.md#the-crate_name-attribute
 [`crate_type`]: linkage.md
 [`debugger_visualizer`]: attributes/debugger.md#the-debugger_visualizer-attribute

src/attributes/coverage-instrumentation.md

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Coverage instrumentation attributes
+
+The following [attributes] are used for controlling coverage instrumentation.
+
+> **Note**: Coverage instrumentation is controlled in `rustc` with the [`-C instrument-coverage`] compiler flag.
+
+[`-C instrument-coverage`]: ../../rustc/instrument-coverage.html
+
+### The `coverage` attribute
+
+r[attributes.coverage]
+
+r[attributes.coverage.intro]
+The *`coverage` [attribute]* indicates whether a function should include instrumentation for code coverage and show up in code coverage reports.
+
+r[attributes.coverage.syntax]
+The attribute uses the [_MetaListIdents_] syntax to specify its behavior:
+
+* `#[coverage(off)]` indicates that all functions within an item, recursively, should not be instrumented, unless specified by another attribute.
+* `#[coverage(on)]` (the default) indicates that all functions within an item, recursively, *should* be instrumented, unless specified by another attribute.
+
+```rust
+#[coverage(off)]
+fn example() {}
+
+struct S;
+
+#[coverage(off)]
+impl S {
+    #[coverage(on)]
+    fn function_with_coverage() {}
+
+    fn function_without_coverage() {}
+}
+```
+
+r[attributes.coverage.allowed-positions]
+The `coverage` attribute can only be controlled at the granularity of individual functions. It can be applied to [functions], [closures], [associated functions], [implementations], [modules], or [the crate root].
+
+It is an error to specify the attribute on a trait function without a body.
+
+r[attributes.coverage.trait-impl-inherit]
+When specified on a trait function, the attribute only applies to the default function body. Trait implementations do not inherit the setting from the trait definition.
+
+r[attributes.coverage.duplicates]
+It is an error to specify the `#[coverage]` attribute multiple times on the same item.
+
+r[attributes.coverage.nesting]
+Coverage attributes on more deeply nested items take priority over attributes at a higher nesting level. For example, if a crate is marked `#![coverage(off)]`, then functions inside that crate marked `#[coverage(on)]` will still have coverage.
+
+[_MetaListIdents_]: ../attributes.md#meta-item-attribute-syntax
+[associated functions]: ../items/associated-items.md#associated-functions-and-methods
+[attribute]: ../attributes.md
+[attributes]: ../attributes.md
+[closures]: ../expressions/closure-expr.md
+[functions]: ../items/functions.md
+[implementations]: ../items/implementations.md
+[modules]: ../items/modules.md
+[the crate root]: ../crates-and-source-files.md