linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] coccinelle: tests: unsigned value cannot be lesser than zero

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Message-ID: <56000EE3.7040602@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:06:27 +0200
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] coccinelle: tests: unsigned value cannot be lesser
 than zero

>> * Reuse of "long int"?
> If you mean adding int to 'unsigned long [long]' types, it does not work.

I am surprised.


> For some reason it works only without adding int after long.

The  Coccinelle software should support the term "generic_ctype" from
the SmPL grammar so far, shouldn't it?
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/docs/main_grammar005.html#ctype


>> * Splitting of the suggested SmPL rule so that each source code check
>> will be connected with appropriate warning messages.
> Personally I prefer one message as it is more compact

It might look convenient to combine a few source code checks.


> and fits quite well in both cases,

I got an other impression.


> but I have no strong fillings with separate message for each case.

* v@p < 0
  Find places where this condition will always be false.

*v@p >= 0
  Find places where this condition will always be true.


Will it help to distinguish these special cases also in your SmPL script
strictly?

Regards,
Markus
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