linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle report script for refcounters

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:47:59 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>, nicolas.palix@...g.fr,
        mmarek@...e.com, keescook@...omium.org, ishkamiel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle report script for refcounters



On Tue, 18 Jul 2017, Elena Reshetova wrote:

> The below script can be used to detect potential misusage
> of atomic_t type and API for reference counting purposes.
> Now when we have a dedicated refcount_t type and API with
> security protection implemented, people should be using it
> instead.
>
> Currently it still reports many occurences since we are
> nowhere near the end of our kernel-wide conversion execrise,
> but hopefully after couple of cycles more, the amount of
> output would be much more limited.
>
> Each script result must be analysed manually before any
> conversion, since refcount_t might not suit for certain
> purposes (for example if an object is not always destroyed
> upon refcounter reaching zero, if increments from zero are
> allowed in the code etc.)
>
> As we go further and get less results in output, we will
> improve the pattern to detect conversion cases more precisely.

The regexps are the best you can do?

julia

>
> Elena Reshetova (1):
>   Coccinelle: add atomic_as_refcounter script
>
>  scripts/coccinelle/api/atomic_as_refcounter.cocci | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 102 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/api/atomic_as_refcounter.cocci
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>
>