linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] mmap locking API: convert mmap

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Message-ID: <bc2980d7-b823-2fff-d29c-57dcbc9aaf27@web.de>
Date:   Sat, 28 Mar 2020 08:36:47 +0100
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
        Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Liam Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem call sites
 missed by coccinelle

> Convert the last few remaining mmap_sem rwsem calls to use the new
> mmap locking API. These were missed by coccinelle for some reason

Will the clarification of this software situation become more interesting?


> (I think coccinelle does not support some of the preprocessor
> constructs in these files ?)

I suggest to omit this information from the final change description.
Would you like to help any more to find nicer solutions
for remaining open issues?

Regards,
Markus