linux-kernel - Re: [cocci] [v2] coccinelle: device_attr_show: Adapt to the latest Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst

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Message-ID: <ab09b77f-12aa-4bfb-9697-f5585303ba2b@web.de>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 13:03:01 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>, Li Zhijian <lizhijian@...itsu.com>,
 cocci@...ia.fr
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>
Subject: Re: [cocci] [v2] coccinelle: device_attr_show: Adapt to the latest
 Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst

>>>> -snprintf
>>>> +sysfs_emit
>>>>          (BUF,
>>>> -         SZ,
>>>>           FORMAT,
>>>>           ...
>>>>          );
>>>
>>> It's ok too.
>>
>> Are you going to integrate such a transformation approach?
>
> No.

This is a pity.


> I already pushed the commit for Linux v6.8,

I hope then that the change acceptance for the “beautification”
and refinement of SmPL code can grow for subsequent versions.



> and I don't think the change has any practical impact.

I got an other development view for further fine-tuning possibilities.

Regards,
Markus