linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] coccinelle: Check for missing NULL terminators in of_device

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Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2014 20:14:19 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
cc:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mitchel Humpherys <mitchelh@...eaurora.org>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] coccinelle: Check for missing NULL terminators in
 of_device_id tables

On Tue, 3 Jun 2014, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> On 06/03/14 03:15, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > Failure to terminate an of_device_id table can lead to confusing
> > failures depending on where the compiler places the array. Add a
> > check to make sure these tables are terminated. Thanks to Mitchel
> > Humpherys for coming up with the pattern initially.
> >
> > Cc: Mitchel Humpherys <mitchelh@...eaurora.org>
> > Cc: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> > Cc: Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>
> > Cc: Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>
> > Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
> > Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> > Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > v3: Removed unneeded rule bad_of_table.  Placed * in context rule on the 
> > closing brace; putting it on the field caused all fields to be marked.
> >
> 
> 
> These seem like only minor changes. Why was my authorship removed?

Probably because I don't know how to provide a new vesion of the patch 
properly.  What should I have done?  There were quite a lot of 
modifications.  It seemed easier to just send a complete new version.

julia
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