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

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Message-ID: <72849249-8bbd-f6c7-dce3-ca633d591c67@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:56:17 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
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

>> Do you prefer to exclude such functions which belong to subsystems
>> so far generally?
> 
> Yes, because it would introduce unwanted dependencies.

Are the mentioned dependencies easier to handle for subsystems
like "acpi", "dma" and "pci" (than "kvm")?

Would anybody like to tackle any further software development
challenges there?

Regards,
Markus