linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: Script to replace allocate and memcpy with zalloc functions

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Message-ID: <5797CCFD.7020707@suse.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:50:05 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
To:	Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
Cc:	Julia.Lawall@...6.fr, Gilles.Muller@...6.fr, nicolas.palix@...g.fr,
	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: Script to replace allocate and memcpy with
 zalloc functions

Dne 23.7.2016 v 23:00 Amitoj Kaur Chawla napsal(a):
> This script finds instances of allocate and memcpy which can be
> replaced with a direct call to zalloc equivalent of a function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
> ---
>  scripts/coccinelle/api/zalloc.cocci | 556 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 556 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/api/zalloc.cocci
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/zalloc.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/zalloc.cocci
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..4f94e43
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/zalloc.cocci
> @@ -0,0 +1,556 @@
> +/// Prefer zalloc functions instead of using allocate and memcpy.

s/memcpy/memset/ ? The actual spatch names the correct function.

Michal