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Message-ID: <77288a25-6114-45e3-b849-4c48116af78e@web.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:05:36 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, "Aneesh Kumar K.V"
<aneesh.kumar@...nel.org>, "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com>,
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, cocci@...ia.fr
Subject: Re: [0/2] powerpc/powernv/vas: Adjustments for two function
implementations
>>>> So Coccinelle should be fixed if it reports an error for that.
>>>
>>> Redundant function calls can occasionally be avoided accordingly,
>>> can't they?
>>
>> Sure they can, but is that worth it here ?
>
> Coccinelle does what the developer of the semantic patch tells it to do.
> It doesn't spontaneously report errors for anything.
Some special source code search and transformation patterns are occasionally applied.
The corresponding change acceptance can often be challenging.
Regards,
Markus
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