linux-kernel - Re: Coccinelle: Handling of SmPL disjunctions

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Date:   Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:52:53 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Cheng Shengyu <cheng.shengyu@....com.cn>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Ma Jiang <ma.jiang@....com.cn>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Wen Yang <wen.yang99@....com.cn>,
        Yi Wang <wang.yi59@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: Coccinelle: Handling of SmPL disjunctions

>>> How do you think about to increase the matching granularity
>>> for this functionality?
>>
>> No idea what this means.  Disjunctions are expanded up to the level of the
>> nodes in the control-flow graph.
>
> We have got different expectations for working with such nodes
> for possible (data flow) analysis.

Will the chances become better to clarify this functionality?

Which software components are involved so far?

Regards,
Markus