linux-kernel - Re: coccinelle: api: add kzfree script

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Message-ID: <e814fbbe-37a9-a059-fcbb-64cebba4c8e2@web.de>
Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 18:08:05 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>,
        Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Cc:     Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: coccinelle: api: add kzfree script

>>> +virtual context
>>> +virtual org
>>> +virtual report
>>> +virtual patch
>>
>> +virtual context, org, report, patch
>
> This is pointless.

I find the proposed SmPL code variant more succinct.


>> How does the SmPL asterisk functionality fit to the operation
>> modes “org” and “report”?
>
> make coccicheck uses the option --no-show-diff for the org and report modes.

Can it be nicer to avoid the usage of specific functionality
in the SmPL script directly?
Should the corresponding SmPL rule dependencies become clearer?

Regards,
Markus