linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Coccinelle: fix typos and command example

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Date:   Wed, 1 Jul 2020 13:56:58 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Coccinelle: fix typos and command
 example

>> …
>>> +++ linux-next-20200629/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst
>> …
>> > @@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ For example, to check drivers/net/wirele
>>>  To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the
>>>  following command may be used::
>>>
>>> -    make C=1 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck"
>>> +    make C=1 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck" path/to/file.c
…
>> We might stumble on different interpretations according to the wording “file basis”.
>> Do you find a message like “make: Nothing to be done for 'path/to/file.c'.” interesting then?
>>
>> * Would you like to add any links for information around the support for
>>   source code checkers?
>>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Makefile?id=7c30b859a947535f2213277e827d7ac7dcff9c84#n198
…
> Feel free to submit patches.

How do you think about to use the following command variant
for the adjustment of the software documentation?

+    make C=1 CHECK='scripts/coccicheck' 'path/to/file.o'

Regards,
Markus