linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] coccinelle: api: add kvmalloc script

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Date:   Tue, 4 Aug 2020 09:49:52 +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>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.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 v3] coccinelle: api: add kvmalloc script



On Tue, 4 Aug 2020, Markus Elfring wrote:

> > Changes in v3:
> > - kvfree rules added
>
> I find it interesting to you found such an addition needed for this SmPL script.
> I imagine that it can be helpful to support such a source code search by
> a separate script for the semantic patch language.
>
> I am curious if my patch review comments for the second version got also a bit
> of your software development attention.
>
> Another implementation detail is relevant for further clarification.
> The SmPL rules for patch generation differ in search functionality
> which is provided for other operation modes.
> Can these deviations influence the confidence level?

I see no useful information in this review, nor in the v2 review.

julia