linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Test for kmalloc/memset(0) pairs

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikZK278BR5o1fP_w2u5PUPbgub9QT4XxzSmEhL5@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:40:41 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Test for kmalloc/memset(0) pairs

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
>
> But if we can teach checkpatch to read the rule files, then maybe that
> would be beneficial.
>

The problem is Perl doesn't really understand C, while Coccinelle does.
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