linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: reduce false positives

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Date:   Thu, 1 Feb 2018 13:25:01 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: reduce false positives

On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 10:48:52AM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Some files use both a non-devm allocation and a devm_allocation.  Don't
> complain about a free when the same function contains a non-devm
> allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 

That's surprising...  Do you have an example false positive?

regards,
dan carpenter