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+Code coverage
+=============
+
+Coverage processing flow
+------------------------
+
+1. Prerequisites
+
+   1. Building all or selected test binaries with coverage enabled
+
+   2. Running all or selected test binaries
+
+2. Collecting coverage data from ``.gcda`` and ``.gcno`` file into ``lcov`` coverage info file
+
+3. Mapping c-picker generated files' coverage to the original source lines
+
+4. Filtering coverage data for separating the coverage of the code under tests and the coverage of the test code
+
+5. Generating HTML coverage report from the filtered lcov info files
+
+
+.. cmake-module:: ../../cmake/Coverage.cmake
+
+
+--------------
+
+*Copyright (c) 2019-2021, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.*