Coverage for Models with Code Blocks and Simulink Blocks

In this example, you record coverage for a model which contains a combination of code blocks and other Simulink® blocks.

Set Up the Model to Record Coverage

  1. Open the model.

    open_system('ex_cc_cruise_control_doublepress_sfun');

    The model is a cruise control system that consists of test cases and input signals from a Signal Builder block. The signals from the Signal Builder act as inputs to the Stateflow® chart ComputeTargetSpeed, which engages or disengages the cruise control system and sets the target speed, tspeed.

  2. In the Simulink Editor, select Model Settings on the Modeling tab. Before setting code coverage options, on the Code Generation pane in the Configuration Parameters dialog box, set the System target file in the Target selection menu to ert.tlc. Navigate to the Verification tab of the Code Generation pane. From the Code coverage for SIL or PIL tab, select None (use Simulink Coverage) as the code coverage tool.

  3. In the Coverage pane, set the options for coverage calculated during simulation.

    1. Select Enable coverage analysis.

    2. In the Include in analysis section, ensure that C/C++ S-Functions is selected.

    3. In the Coverage metrics section, select Modified Condition Decision (MCDC) as the Structural coverage level. Apply the changes by clicking Apply.

  4. Open the RejectDoublePress S-Function Builder block. In the Build options of the Build Info tab, select Enable support for coverage. To build the S-Function, click Build .

    Note

    To build the S-Function, you must have a compiler installed. For more information on supported compilers for various platforms, see Supported and Compatible Compilers.

Record Coverage

  1. Open the Signal Builder block. 

    open_system('ex_cc_cruise_control_doublepress_sfun/Signal Builder');

  2. The Signal Builder consists of eight signal groups with five signals each. In this example, we simulate all the signal groups and record coverage. Click Run all and produce coverage to start recording coverage. At the end of the simulation, the Coverage Results Explorer opens, showing the results for the latest coverage analysis. The blocks in the model are highlighted in different colors corresponding to the level of coverage achieved by each block.

Review Results by Generating a Coverage Report

The Coverage Results Explorer offers several options for displaying and reporting coverage results. Select the Not_Engaged_with_Enable group in the Current Cumulative Data tab of the left pane. Click the Generate report link at the bottom of the Coverage Results Explorer to generate an HTML coverage report in the built-in MATLAB® web browser. The coverage report lists model coverage for Simulink model blocks and code coverage for code blocks.

Scroll down to view the coverage metrics for the S-Function block in the coverage report. Click the Detailed Report link to open the code coverage report for the S-Function block. For more details on the code coverage report for S-Function blocks, seeView Coverage Results for Custom C/C++ Code in S-Function Blocks.

Justify Missing Coverage

In this example, we justify coverage for one input signal group by creating a coverage filter. In the code coverage report for the S-Function block created in Review Results by Generating a Coverage Report, scroll down to Decision/Condition 2.1 !(CoastSetSwIn[0] && AccelResSwIn[0]). This condition is never False for the current test case. We can therefore justify this condition in our coverage analysis.

  1. Click the Justify or Exclude link under the detailed results for this condition. The Filter tab of the Coverage Results Explorer opens, and the rule filtering this transition is added. Change the Mode for this rule to Justified and enter a description for the Rationale, such as “expression cannot be false”. Click Apply to apply the changes.

  2. After you click Apply, the Generate report link becomes available. Click the link to generate the report with the updated coverage filter. The new code coverage report for the RejectDoublePress S-Function block lists the excluded condition under Objects Filtered from Coverage Analysis. The detailed results for the condition !(CoastSetSwIn[0] && AccelResSwIn[0]) show that missing coverage for this condition has been justified. The justified objects are treated as satisfied when reporting coverage percentages and appear light blue in the Coverage Summary.

For more information on coverage filters, see Coverage Filtering.

See Also

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