linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: if(ret)return ret; return ret; semantic patch

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Date:	Wed, 8 Jun 2011 09:11:33 +0200
From:	Nicolas Palix <Nicolas.Palix@...ia.fr>
To:	Greg Dietsche <gregory.dietsche@....edu>
Cc:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>, Gilles.Muller@...6.fr, cocci@...u.dk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: if(ret)return ret; return ret; semantic patch

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Greg Dietsche <gregory.dietsche@....edu> wrote:
> On 06/07/2011 04:54 PM, Nicolas Palix wrote:
>>
>> I remember me having worked on that but I cannot find any patch
>> about it so your patch is more that welcome. Some users have requested it
>> some months ago.
>>
>> As far as I can remember, with "M=" you can not use $srctree only but
>> still
>> need it for the -I for instance. I think I then run into a situation where
>> I
>> have an ambiguity about how to setup the flags for coccinelle, but I am
>> sure
>> about the reason I dropped my patch. Maybe I don't know well enough the
>> build
>> system and options...
>>
>> So, don't hesitate to submit your patch.
>>
>
> I'll submit what I have done as a new thread / patch series. I've not done
> much testing with it and am certainly not any kind of build system expert,
> but it has worked well for me so far :) A few more people trying it out /
> testing it would be a great idea.

I finally found the thread where we discuss this feature.
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/7/2/279

I haven't the time to test your patch right now but at the time
the problem was in the patch mode which produces erroneous file names
(in the lines with ---/+++).
As far as I can remember, using the -dir and -patch options of
coccinelle doesn't work with external modules.



>>
>> Does it also update the Documentation/coccinelle.txt accordingly ?
>>
>
> It will :)
>
> Greg
>
>



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Nicolas Palix
http://sardes.inrialpes.fr/~npalix/
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