linux-kernel - [PATCH] coccinelle: mini

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Date:   Mon, 21 May 2018 08:58:48 +0200
From:   Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     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@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] coccinelle: mini_lock: improve performance

Replace <+... ...+> by ... when any.  <+... ...+> is slow, and in some
obscure cases involving backward jumps it doesn't force the unlock to
actually come after the end of the if.

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

---
 scripts/coccinelle/locks/mini_lock.cocci |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/locks/mini_lock.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/locks/mini_lock.cocci
index 47f649b..19c6ee5 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/locks/mini_lock.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/locks/mini_lock.cocci
@@ -67,12 +67,14 @@ identifier lock,unlock;
 @@
 
 *lock(E1@p,...);
-<+... when != E1
+... when != E1
+    when any
 if (...) {
   ... when != E1
 *  return@r ...;
 }
-...+>
+... when != E1
+    when any
 *unlock@up(E1,...);
 
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