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

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Message-ID: <20200409114450.io57vlnrzotsemqp@medion>
Date:   Thu, 9 Apr 2020 12:44:50 +0100
From:   Alex Dewar <alex.dewar@....co.uk>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     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>,
        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: Coccinelle: zalloc-simple: Fix patch mode for
 dma_alloc_coherent()

On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 07:10:46PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> Will the software development attention grow in a way so that further
> >> implementation details can be adjusted also for the mentioned SmPL script?
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Would you mind clarifying?
>
> You would like to a change a file for which some software development
> discussions happened a while ago.
> Do you get any further ideas from available information in message archives?

Hi Markus,

What should I be looking for in the archives? I've referenced what I
think is the relevant commit here.

>
> Julia Lawall (and me) pointed special development concerns out.
>
> Example:
> Code duplications in SmPL disjunctions
> https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/alpine.DEB.2.21.2004062115000.10239@hadrien/
> https://systeme.lip6.fr/pipermail/cocci/2020-April/007099.html

I have replied to these messages now.

Best,
Alex

>
> Regards,
> Markus