linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] coccinelle: fix parallel build with CHECK=scripts/coccicheck

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Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:51:15 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] coccinelle: fix parallel build with CHECK=scripts/coccicheck

Hi Julia,

2017-11-14 1:45 GMT+09:00 Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>:
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2017, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>
>> Hi Julia,
>>
>>
>> 2017-11-14 0:30 GMT+09:00 Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 9 Nov 2017, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>> >
>> >> The command "make -j8 C=1 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck" produces lots of
>> >> "coccicheck failed" error messages.
>> >>
>> >> I do not know the coccinelle internals, but I guess --jobs does not
>> >> work well if spatch is invoked from Make running in parallel.
>> >> Disable --jobs in this case.
>> >
>> > Why is this change under:
>> >
>> > if [ "$C" = "1" -o "$C" = "2" ];
>> >
>> > The coccicheck failed messages come also if one runs Coccinelle on the
>> > entire kernel.
>>
>> As far as I tested, "coccicheck failed" error only happens
>> when ONLINE=1.
>>
>>
>> make -j8 C=1 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck  COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/misc/bugon.cocci
>>
>> emits lots of errors.
>>
>>
>> make -j8 coccicheck  COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/misc/bugon.cocci
>>
>> is fine.
>>
>>
>> Have you tested it?
>> Do you mean you got a different result from mine?
>
> I agree with your results, with respect to the number of errors.
>
> julia
>

So, what shall we do?

If you do not like to fix it (or you can fix coccinelle itself),
I can take back this patch.

I am not a coccinelle developer, so
setting USE_JOBS="no" is the best I can do.




-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada