linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Coccinelle: extend memdup_user rule with vmemdup

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Date:   Mon, 1 Jun 2020 08:24:39 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>,
        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>,
        Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Coccinelle: extend memdup_user rule with
 vmemdup_user()

> +@rv depends on !patch@
> +expression from,to,size;
> +position p;
> +statement S1,S2;
> +@@
> +
> +*  to = \(kvmalloc@p\|kvzalloc@p\)(size,\(GFP_KERNEL\|GFP_USER\));
> +   if (to==NULL || ...) S1
> +   if (copy_from_user(to, from, size) != 0)
> +   S2

How does the SmPL asterisk functionality fit to the operation
modes “org” and “report”?


> +@...ipt:python depends on org && r@

I find the modification of SmPL rule dependencies also interesting.
Are these specifications really required?

Regards,
Markus