linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: use false positive annotation

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Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2017 12:47:18 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: use false positive annotation

Hi Julia,


2017-10-29 8:43 GMT+09:00 Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>:
> /// is to describe the semantic patch, while //# indicates reasons
> for false positives.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
>
> ---
>  scripts/coccinelle/misc/ifcol.cocci |    6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/ifcol.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/ifcol.cocci
> index d0d00ef..30b248b 100644
> --- a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/ifcol.cocci
> +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/ifcol.cocci
> @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
>  /// Sometimes, code after an if that is indented is actually intended to be
>  /// part of the if branch.
>  ///
> -/// This has a high rate of false positives, because Coccinelle's column
> -/// calculation does not distinguish between spaces and tabs, so code that
> -/// is not visually aligned may be considered to be in the same column.
> +//# This has a high rate of false positives, because Coccinelle's column
> +//# calculation does not distinguish between spaces and tabs, so code that
> +//# is not visually aligned may be considered to be in the same column.
>  ///

Just a nit.

The last /// should be turned into //
if you want to avoid two blank lines in a series
after the semantic patch information.

(I can fix it locally if you agree with it and I am supposed to pick up this.)



>  // Confidence: Low
>  // Copyright: (C) 2010 Nicolas Palix, DIKU.  GPLv2.
>



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada