Index: include/llvm/Transforms/Instrumentation.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Transforms/Instrumentation.h
+++ include/llvm/Transforms/Instrumentation.h
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
   // Emit the exit block immediately after the start block, rather than after
   // all of the function body's blocks.
   bool ExitBlockBeforeBody;
+
+  // Regex separated by a colon to filter the files to instrument.
+  std::string Filter;
+
+  // Regex separated by a colon to filter the files to not instrument.
+  std::string Exclude;
 };
 
 ModulePass *createGCOVProfilerPass(const GCOVOptions &Options =
Index: lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/GCOVProfiling.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/GCOVProfiling.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/GCOVProfiling.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Path.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Regex.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
 #include "llvm/Transforms/Instrumentation.h"
 #include "llvm/Transforms/Instrumentation/GCOVProfiler.h"
@@ -96,6 +97,11 @@
   // profiling runtime to emit .gcda files when run.
   bool emitProfileArcs();
 
+  bool isFunctionInstrumented(const Function &F);
+  std::vector<Regex> createRegexsFromString(StringRef RegexsStr);
+  static bool doesFilenameMatchARegex(StringRef Filename,
+                                      std::vector<Regex> &Regexs);
+
   // Get pointers to the functions in the runtime library.
   Constant *getStartFileFunc();
   Constant *getEmitFunctionFunc();
@@ -123,6 +129,9 @@
   const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI;
   LLVMContext *Ctx;
   SmallVector<std::unique_ptr<GCOVFunction>, 16> Funcs;
+  std::vector<Regex> FilterRe;
+  std::vector<Regex> ExcludeRe;
+  StringMap<bool> InstrumentedFiles;
 };
 
 class GCOVProfilerLegacyPass : public ModulePass {
@@ -422,6 +431,72 @@
   };
 }
 
+// RegexsStr is a string containing differents regex separated by a colon.
+// For example "foo\..*$:bar\..*$".
+std::vector<Regex> GCOVProfiler::createRegexsFromString(StringRef RegexsStr) {
+  std::vector<Regex> Regexs;
+  while (!RegexsStr.empty()) {
+    std::pair<StringRef, StringRef> HeadTail = RegexsStr.split(':');
+    if (!HeadTail.first.empty()) {
+      Regex Re(HeadTail.first);
+      std::string Err;
+      if (!Re.isValid(Err)) {
+        Ctx->emitError(Twine("Regex ") + HeadTail.first +
+                       " is not valid: " + Err);
+      }
+      Regexs.emplace_back(std::move(Re));
+    }
+    RegexsStr = HeadTail.second;
+  }
+  return Regexs;
+}
+
+bool GCOVProfiler::doesFilenameMatchARegex(StringRef Filename,
+                                           std::vector<Regex> &Regexs) {
+  for (Regex &Re : Regexs) {
+    if (Re.match(Filename)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool GCOVProfiler::isFunctionInstrumented(const Function &F) {
+  if (FilterRe.empty() && ExcludeRe.empty()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  const StringRef Filename = F.getSubprogram()->getFilename();
+  auto It = InstrumentedFiles.find(Filename);
+  if (It != InstrumentedFiles.end()) {
+    return It->second;
+  }
+
+  SmallString<256> RealPath;
+  StringRef RealFilename;
+
+  // Path can be
+  // /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/8/../../../../include/c++/8/bits/*.h so for
+  // such a case we must get the real_path.
+  if (sys::fs::real_path(Filename, RealPath)) {
+    // real_path can fail with path like "foo.c".
+    RealFilename = Filename;
+  } else {
+    RealFilename = RealPath;
+  }
+
+  bool ShouldInstrument;
+  if (FilterRe.empty()) {
+    ShouldInstrument = !doesFilenameMatchARegex(RealFilename, ExcludeRe);
+  } else if (ExcludeRe.empty()) {
+    ShouldInstrument = doesFilenameMatchARegex(RealFilename, FilterRe);
+  } else {
+    ShouldInstrument = doesFilenameMatchARegex(RealFilename, FilterRe) &&
+                       !doesFilenameMatchARegex(RealFilename, ExcludeRe);
+  }
+  InstrumentedFiles[Filename] = ShouldInstrument;
+  return ShouldInstrument;
+}
+
 std::string GCOVProfiler::mangleName(const DICompileUnit *CU,
                                      GCovFileType OutputType) {
   bool Notes = OutputType == GCovFileType::GCNO;
@@ -469,6 +544,9 @@
   this->TLI = &TLI;
   Ctx = &M.getContext();
 
+  FilterRe = createRegexsFromString(Options.Filter);
+  ExcludeRe = createRegexsFromString(Options.Exclude);
+
   if (Options.EmitNotes) emitProfileNotes();
   if (Options.EmitData) return emitProfileArcs();
   return false;
@@ -554,7 +632,8 @@
     for (auto &F : M->functions()) {
       DISubprogram *SP = F.getSubprogram();
       if (!SP) continue;
-      if (!functionHasLines(F)) continue;
+      if (!functionHasLines(F) || !isFunctionInstrumented(F))
+        continue;
       // TODO: Functions using scope-based EH are currently not supported.
       if (isUsingScopeBasedEH(F)) continue;
 
@@ -633,7 +712,8 @@
     for (auto &F : M->functions()) {
       DISubprogram *SP = F.getSubprogram();
       if (!SP) continue;
-      if (!functionHasLines(F)) continue;
+      if (!functionHasLines(F) || !isFunctionInstrumented(F))
+        continue;
       // TODO: Functions using scope-based EH are currently not supported.
       if (isUsingScopeBasedEH(F)) continue;
       if (!Result) Result = true;