linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: ptr_ret: drop PTR_ERR_OR

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Date:   Wed, 20 Nov 2019 10:19:26 +0200
From:   Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...ia.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: ptr_ret: drop PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO semantic patch

On Tue, 19 Nov 2019, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr> wrote:
> This mostly made changes that made the code harder
> to read, so drop it.

FWIW, I welcome this change.

Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>

>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
>
> ---
>  scripts/coccinelle/api/ptr_ret.cocci |   97 -----------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 97 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/ptr_ret.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/ptr_ret.cocci
> deleted file mode 100644
> index e76cd5d..0000000
> --- a/scripts/coccinelle/api/ptr_ret.cocci
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
> -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> -///
> -/// Use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO rather than if(IS_ERR(...)) + PTR_ERR
> -///
> -// Confidence: High
> -// Copyright: (C) 2012 Julia Lawall, INRIA/LIP6.
> -// Copyright: (C) 2012 Gilles Muller, INRIA/LiP6.
> -// URL: http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
> -// Options: --no-includes --include-headers
> -//
> -// Keywords: ERR_PTR, PTR_ERR, PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO
> -// Version min: 2.6.39
> -//
> -
> -virtual context
> -virtual patch
> -virtual org
> -virtual report
> -
> -@...ends on patch@
> -expression ptr;
> -@@
> -
> -- if (IS_ERR(ptr)) return PTR_ERR(ptr); else return 0;
> -+ return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ptr);
> -
> -@...ends on patch@
> -expression ptr;
> -@@
> -
> -- if (IS_ERR(ptr)) return PTR_ERR(ptr); return 0;
> -+ return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ptr);
> -
> -@...ends on patch@
> -expression ptr;
> -@@
> -
> -- (IS_ERR(ptr) ? PTR_ERR(ptr) : 0)
> -+ PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ptr)
> -
> -@r1 depends on !patch@
> -expression ptr;
> -position p1;
> -@@
> -
> -* if@p1 (IS_ERR(ptr)) return PTR_ERR(ptr); else return 0;
> -
> -@r2 depends on !patch@
> -expression ptr;
> -position p2;
> -@@
> -
> -* if@p2 (IS_ERR(ptr)) return PTR_ERR(ptr); return 0;
> -
> -@r3 depends on !patch@
> -expression ptr;
> -position p3;
> -@@
> -
> -* IS_ERR@p3(ptr) ? PTR_ERR(ptr) : 0
> -
> -@...ipt:python depends on org@
> -p << r1.p1;
> -@@
> -
> -coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], "WARNING: PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO can be used")
> -
> -
> -@...ipt:python depends on org@
> -p << r2.p2;
> -@@
> -
> -coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], "WARNING: PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO can be used")
> -
> -@...ipt:python depends on org@
> -p << r3.p3;
> -@@
> -
> -coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], "WARNING: PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO can be used")
> -
> -@...ipt:python depends on report@
> -p << r1.p1;
> -@@
> -
> -coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], "WARNING: PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO can be used")
> -
> -@...ipt:python depends on report@
> -p << r2.p2;
> -@@
> -
> -coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], "WARNING: PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO can be used")
> -
> -@...ipt:python depends on report@
> -p << r3.p3;
> -@@
> -
> -coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], "WARNING: PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO can be used")
>

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center