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

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Message-ID: <0b4bdb33-2b67-bc08-cfc1-0cd82c8551d0@web.de>
Date:   Thu, 2 Jul 2020 10:22:27 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [v2] Documentation: Coccinelle: fix typos and command example

>>   elfring@...ne:~/Projekte/Linux/next-patched> make J=1 C=1 CHECK='scripts/coccicheck' MODE=context COCCI=~/Projekte/Linux/next-patched/scripts/coccinelle/null/show_pointer_usage_before_null_check-20200701.cocci drivers/usb/mtu3/mtu3_gadget.o
>
> This is not what is intended.  What is intended has never worked.  The
> coccicheck script expects that the file name is received on its command
> line, and that is not the case.

I suggest to take another look at information from the verbose execution variant
for such a command example.

* Do the generated program calls look more appropriate then?

* Are you still missing any relevant data (or corresponding descriptions)?

Regards,
Markus