linux-kernel - Re: [Cocci] [v3 05/10] mmap locking API: Improving the Coccinelle software

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Message-ID: <a840e22a-0152-6aa2-e626-33011ef4afe0@web.de>
Date:   Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:15:52 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
        Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Liam Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [Cocci] [v3 05/10] mmap locking API: Improving the Coccinelle
 software

>> …
>> (ONCE) CPP-MACRO: found known macro = FNAME
>> …
>> parse error
…
>> How would you like to improve the affected software areas?
>
> This can be addressed by adding a macro definition to standard.h.

A corresponding specification is used already.
https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/fdf0b68ddd0a518cc6ca64f063bc74ed54e29a7b/standard.h#L508


> But once the change is done, I don't see any reason to bother with this.

How will the support evolve for data processing around the application
of similar macros?

Regards,
Markus