linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/33] Input: Automated coccinelle cleanup

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Message-ID: <51d8c765-0591-3b56-f328-77105d13ca4c@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2017 00:19:57 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] Input: Automated coccinelle cleanup

On 01/18/2017 09:06 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-01-18 at 21:04 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 01/18/2017 05:42 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2017-01-18 at 09:46 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>>> The conversion was done automatically with coccinelle using several semantic
>>>> patches. The semantic patches and the scripts used to generate this commit
>>>> log are available at https://github.com/groeck/coccinelle-patches.
>>>
>>> It'd be better to include the script in this 0/n patch
>>> so that if github entry changes, the 0/n patch is useful.
>>>
>> For this set it would have been possible, though even the rules used here add
>> up to more than 1,000 lines.
>
> How many errors do you think are in the script?
> 1000+ lines, likely there 10+ errors/defects.
>

Most of it is to limit the scope to ensure that there are none, so in this case
the argument is a bit self-defeating.

Guenter