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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1802271429140.18318@hadrien>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:30:19 +0100 (CET)
From: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
cc: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: test case against union aliasing
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Hi!
>
> It seems we have some code in kernel which utilizes (rightlessly for
> now) union aliasing.
>
> So, can we create a test case against such? (Three steps: a) replace
> union by struct keyword in data type in question, b) compile, c) run in
> Qemu with proper functional test)
>
> Does it make any sense?
I think so. If you want to do it more safely than with sed, it should be
possible with Coccinelle, with just
@@
identifier i;
@@
-union i
+struct i
julia
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