linux-kernel - Re: patch "coccinelle: Add script to check for platform_get_irq() excessive" added to driver-core-next

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Date:   Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:44:29 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr
Cc:     Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: patch "coccinelle: Add script to check for platform_get_irq()
 excessive" added to driver-core-next

> This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
>
>     coccinelle: Add script to check for platform_get_irq() excessive
>
> to my driver-core git tree which can be found at
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git
> in the driver-core-next branch.

I find it interesting somehow that this version of a script for
the semantic patch language can be integrated already in this
development branch.


> The patch will also be merged in the next major kernel release
> during the merge window.

How much will questionable implementation details influence this process?

Regards,
Markus