linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] coccinelle: api: add kvfree script

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Date:   Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:27:32 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
cc:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>,
        Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] coccinelle: api: add kvfree script

> > +msg = "WARNING: kmalloc is used to allocate this memory at line %s" % (k[0].line)
> > +coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], msg)
>
> * I find the diagnostic text insufficient.

I also find the message not very informative.

All of the other comments are not useful, and some are simply incorrect.

julia