linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] scripts/coccinelle/misc: add swap.cocci

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Date:	Tue, 19 May 2015 20:35:01 +0200
From:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] scripts/coccinelle/misc: add swap.cocci

Operations like

int a, b, tmp;

tmp = a;
a = b;
b = tmp;

can be replaced by

int a, b;

swap(a, b);

This uses kernel.h macro definition and simplifies the code.

Thanks to Julia Lawall for suggestions about expressions and sgen

Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
 scripts/coccinelle/misc/swap.cocci | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/misc/swap.cocci

diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/swap.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/swap.cocci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f0929c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/swap.cocci
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/// Use swap macro instead of complete operation to simplify the code
+///
+// # Generated with sgen
+//
+// Confidence: Moderate
+// Copyright: (C) 2015 Fabian Frederick. GPLv2.
+
+virtual patch
+virtual context
+virtual org
+virtual report
+
+@r depends on patch && !context && !org && !report@
+identifier i1, i2, tmp;
+type t1;
+@@
+
+- t1 tmp;
+<+... when any
+- tmp = i1;
+- i1 = i2;
+- i2 = tmp;
++ swap(i1, i2);
+...+>
+
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@...ontext depends on !patch && (context || org || report)@
+type t1;
+identifier i1, i2, tmp;
+position j0, j1;
+@@
+
+*  t1 tmp@j0;
+<+... when any
+*  tmp@j1 = i1;
+*  i1 = i2;
+*  i2 = tmp;
+...+>
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@...ipt:python r_org depends on org@
+j0 << r_context.j0;
+j1 << r_context.j1;
+@@
+
+msg = "swap.cocci"
+coccilib.org.print_todo(j0[0], msg)
+coccilib.org.print_link(j1[0], "")
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@...ipt:python r_report depends on report@
+j0 << r_context.j0;
+j1 << r_context.j1;
+@@
+
+msg = "WARNING: use swap() and remove temporary variable if it's not used elsewhere around line %s." % (j1[0].line)
+coccilib.report.print_report(j0[0], msg)
+
-- 
2.4.0

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