linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] Add a target to use the Coccinelle checker

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Date:	Sun, 6 Jun 2010 20:16:07 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Nicolas Palix <npalix@...u.dk>
Cc:	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>, Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	cocci@...u.dk, Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	Kernel Janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	Am?rico Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Andy Isaacson <adi@...apodia.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	walter harms <wharms@....de>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] Add a target to use the Coccinelle checker

On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 05:15:01PM +0200, Nicolas Palix wrote:
> A 'coccicheck' target is added. It can be called with four different
> modes. Each one generates a different kind of output, i.e. context,
> patch, org, report, according to the corresponding mode to be
> activated.
> 
> The new target calls the 'coccicheck' front-end in the 'scripts'
> directory with the MODE argument. Every SmPL file in the
> subdirectories of 'scripts/coccinelle' is then given to the front-end
> and applied to the entire source tree.
> 
> The four modes behave as follows:
> 
> 'report' generates a list in the following format:
>   file:line:column-column: message
> 
> 'patch' proposes a fix, when possible.
> 
> 'context' highlights lines of interest and their context in a
> diff-like style. Lines of interest are indicated with '-'.
> 
> 'org' generates a report in the Org mode format of Emacs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix@...u.dk>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

Hi Nicolas.

This is almost what I had in mind - thanks.

Most importantly it no longer add all the stuff
to the top-level Makefile but defer this to a script.

If/when we decide to move all the checkers to scripts/*
we can do the last adjustments.

Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

	Sam
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