linux-kernel - Re: Coccinelle: zalloc-simple: Adjust a message construction

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Message-ID: <8c92e3e6-83bd-7416-d15a-dee36521c69e@web.de>
Date:   Sun, 3 Nov 2019 22:00:58 +0100
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Enrico Weigelt <lkml@...ux.net>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Coccinelle: zalloc-simple: Adjust a message construction

>> * Simplify a message construction in a Python script rule
>>   for the semantic patch language.
>
> The benefit is what?

The avoidance to store the shown string in the extra Python variable “msg”.


>> * Delete also a duplicate space character then.

I find the proposed wording a bit nicer, don't you?

Regards,
Markus