linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/tags: Add more declarations

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Date:   Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:12:24 +0300
From:   Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com,
        const@...eLinux.com, joeypabalinas@...il.com,
        arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/tags: Add more declarations

On 18.12.2018 00:09, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 03:41:46PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
>> -	'/\<DEFINE_\(MUTEX\|SEMAPHORE\|SPINLOCK\)(\([[:alnum:]_]*\)/\2/v/'
>> +	'/\<DEFINE_\(RT_MUTEX\|MUTEX\|SEMAPHORE\|SPINLOCK\)(\([[:alnum:]_]*\)/\2/v/'
>>  	'/\<DEFINE_\(RAW_SPINLOCK\|RWLOCK\|SEQLOCK\)(\([[:alnum:]_]*\)/\2/v/'
> 
> I don't know anything about regexes this complex or tags, but couldn't this 
> be '/\<DEFINE_\([[:upper:]_]\)(\([[:alnum:]_]*\)/\2/v/' to catch all
> DEFINE_THINGIES?

I think, we can, but before this it's needed to change arguments order
in macroses like DEFINE_PER_CPU(), and to check, whether tags won't be
polluted something not needed (such wrong defines will be generated
anyway, but if there will be not too many, than it's OK).