linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: assign signed result to unsigned variable

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Message-ID: <56041BE5.5010005@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:51:01 +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>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: assign signed result to unsigned variable

> +@rs@
> +position p;
> +typedef bool, u8, u16, u32, u64, s8, s16, s32, s64;
> +{char, short int, int, long, long long, s8, s16, s32, s64} vs;

Can it matter to specify also the type modifier "signed" in this SmPL approach?
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/docs/main_grammar005.html#ctype_qualif


> +{unsigned char, unsigned short, unsigned int, unsigned long, unsigned long long, size_t, bool, u8, u16, u32, u64} vu;

How do you think about to reformat such a data type enumeration?


> +@@
> +
> +vu@p = vs
> +
> +@r@
> +position rs.p;
> +identifier v, f;
> +statement S1, S2;
> +expression e;
> +@@
> +
> +*v@p = f(...);

Do you try to check here if the value receiver is at the same source code
position from the SmPL rule "rs"?

Regards,
Markus
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