linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add a Coccinelle front-end script

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Date:	Mon, 17 May 2010 11:31:23 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	Andy Isaacson <adi@...apodia.org>
Cc:	Nicolas Palix <npalix@...u.dk>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	cocci@...u.dk, Kernel Janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add a Coccinelle front-end script

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 07:14:16PM -0700, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 06:24:23PM +0200, Nicolas Palix wrote:
> > New targets are added (coccicheck-<mode>) to call the 'coccinelle.sh'
> > front-end in the 'scripts' directory with the <mode> argument.
> > 
> > Four modes are defined: report, patch, context, and org.
> 
> Please check-in this write-up somewhere (Documentation/README.coccinelle
> perhaps?)

I still haven't made my mind regarding these four modes; but if they are used,
they should be documented. ACK.

> Also I'd like to see a short example of how to use the framework.  I've
> read Val's spatch article (http://lwn.net/Articles/315686/) and it's
> still a bit of a black art to me.

Something like this? :)

https://lwn.net/Articles/380835/

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