linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: zalloc-simple: Fix patch mode for dma_alloc

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Date:   Sat, 4 Apr 2020 09:06:46 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Alex Dewar <alex.dewar@....co.uk>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>
Cc:     Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Enrico Weigelt <lkml@...ux.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: zalloc-simple: Fix patch mode for
 dma_alloc_coherent()

> Commit dfd32cad146e ("dma-mapping: remove dma_zalloc_coherent()"), in
> removing dma_zalloc_coherent() treewide, inadvertently removed the patch
> rule for dma_alloc_coherent(), leaving Coccinelle unable to auto-generate
> patches for this case. Fix this.

I suggest to reconsider also the distribution of recipients for your patch
according to the fields “Cc” and “To”.

Will the software development attention grow in a way so that further
implementation details can be adjusted also for the mentioned SmPL script?

Regards,
Markus