linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Documentation: dev-tools: Enhance static analysis section with discussion

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Message-ID: <CABVgOSktSP6GwU+zfJLC7A-UZUKT0QHSmACG-ScFDhb34Jf-aw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 1 Apr 2022 08:22:05 +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 v3 2/2] Documentation: dev-tools: Enhance static analysis
 section with discussion

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 5:50 AM Marcelo Schmitt
<marcelo.schmitt1@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Enhance the static analysis tools section with a discussion on when to
> use each of them.
>
> This was mainly taken from Dan Carpenter and Julia Lawall's comments on
> a previous documentation patch for static analysis tools.
>
> Lore: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20220329090911.GX3293@kadam/T/#mb97770c8e938095aadc3ee08f4ac7fe32ae386e6
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt1@...il.com>
> Acked-by: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
> ---
> 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

These (plus the cut down note on Sparse/Smatch overlaps) are
definitely an improvement.

Assuming no-one with more knowledge of these that me objects, I think
this is good-to-go!

Thanks,
-- David