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

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Date:   Wed, 1 Jul 2020 15:32:23 +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: [v2] Documentation: Coccinelle: fix typos and command example

>>>> 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'
>
> I don't understand the reason for that change...

Is our understanding still incomplete for the support of source code checking parameters
by the make script?

* Will software analysis be performed in addition to the desired compilation
  of a source file (according to the selected object file)?

* How do you think about to trigger only the generation of analysis results
  for a single file?

Regards,
Markus