linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation: dev-tools: Add a section for static analysis tools

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Message-ID: <CABVgOSk7dc_gn14M5Z5WRtHvyFcwrhpmCjf8cE=gypTim9FdPw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:33:27 +0800
From:   David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
To:     Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt1@...il.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org, cocci@...ia.fr,
        smatch@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, julia.lawall@...ia.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation: dev-tools: Add a section for static
 analysis tools

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 7:22 AM Marcelo Schmitt
<marcelo.schmitt1@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Complement the Kernel Testing Guide documentation page by adding a
> section about static analysis tools.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt1@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
> Change log:
> - Brought generic tool characteristics to the intro paragraph
> - Made explicit that these tools run at compile time
> - Added a note of caution about false positives
> - Updated Coccinelle info to make it sound better and be more skimmable
>

Looks better to me: most of the things which I feel are still missing
are added in the next patch.

I think it would be possible to combine the two if you wanted to,
which might make the overall descriptions of the tools a bit stronger,
but this works either way.

This is still
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>

-- David

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