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

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1608190928520.3078@hadrien>
Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:30:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
cc:     Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>
Subject: Re: [Cocci] Coccinelle: Script to replace allocate and memset with
 zalloc functions



On Fri, 19 Aug 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> I suggest to take another look at a few implementation details.
> >>
> >> 1. Would it make sense to merge such SmPL rules into one
> >>    so that code duplication could be reduced a bit
> >>    in such a script?
> >>
> >> 2. How do you think about to extend the shown check list
> >>    with the function "kvm_kvzalloc"?
> …
> > kvm_kvzalloc function doesn't fit the same pattern as the other
> > functions in this semantic patch, and is kvm specific,
>
> Has this one got a similar function property?

Do you have any example where XXX followed by memset is converted to this
function?

>
> Do you prefer to exclude such functions which belong to subsystems
> so far generally?

Yes, because it would introduce unwanted dependencies.

>
> > so the semantic patch looks fine as is.
>
> How do you think about to express the shown source code repetition
> as an aspect by an other script format?

It is fine as it is.

julia