linux-kernel - Re: [Cocci] [RFC PATCH] scripts: Fix coccicheck failed

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Message-ID: <90cea5d2-b586-6f82-34dd-d7a812f57396@web.de>
Date:   Sun, 29 Sep 2019 20:00:27 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [Cocci] [RFC PATCH] scripts: Fix coccicheck failed

> Maybe the problem would be solved by putting virtual report at the top of the rule.

I assume that support for the operation mode “patch” can eventually be considered.

> But it might still fail because nothing can happen without a value
> for the virtual metavariable ns.

I imagine that the safe handling of this command line input parameter
will trigger further software development concerns.

> Should the coccinelle directory be only for things that work with make coccicheck,

I hope not.

But it seems that a filter command expressed such a restriction so far.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/coccicheck?id=02dc96ef6c25f990452c114c59d75c368a1f4c8f#n257

Is this place an update candidate now?

> or for all Coccinelle scripts?

I would prefer file storage selections in this direction.
How do you think about to improve the software taxonomy accordingly?

Regards,
Markus