linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Add a section for static analysis tools

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Date:   Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:09:48 +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, Hu Haowen <src.res@...il.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Add a section for static analysis tools

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 5:49 AM Marcelo Schmitt
<marcelo.schmitt1@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> This is the third patch version in the direction of complementing the
> testing guide documentation page with information about static analysis
> tools.
>
> Thank you for your suggestions and comments so far.
> These docs wouldn't get so helpful without them.
>
> Change log v2 -> v3:
> - Changed the paragraph about Sparse to make it sound better (hopefully)
> - Minor adjusts to make the considerations about Coccinelle sound better
>   and be precise
>
> Change log v1 -> v2:
> - New patch adding considerations on when to use each tool
> - 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
>
>
> Marcelo Schmitt (2):
>   Documentation: dev-tools: Add a section for static analysis tools
>   Documentation: dev-tools: Enhance static analysis section with
>     discussion
>
>  Documentation/dev-tools/testing-overview.rst | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)
>

This is looking pretty good to me: thanks for helping to improve the
documentation!

CCing Hu Haowen as an FYI for the zh_CN translation.

-- David