linux-kernel - Re: Software evolution around scripts for the semantic patch langugae

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Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:54:49 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian Bornträger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Walter Harms <wharms@....de>
Subject: Re: Software evolution around scripts for the semantic patch langugae

> You obviously run some kind of semantic patching.

Yes. - I developed some software for search patterns I became interested in.


> It would really help ease review if you could publish the semantic patches
> that generate your patches

This is reasonable.


> - that is probably more helpful in review than just posting the generated patches.

Which of the available scripts (or SmPL source files) would you like to discuss further?


> And it does not need to be "complete",

I would feel more comfortable with publishing further scripts here when I can become
more confident about relevant safety checks in this software area.


> I'd think everyone on the cc: list here is able to handle a cocchinelle patch,
> for example.

Interesting view …

I did not expect this kind of expertise by default.

Regards,
Markus