linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: misc: secs_to_jiffies script: Create dummy report

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Message-ID: <CANiDSCvufe0nK_NLykSRLb9RmttNOhw3-mm6aiC=gj41Hxtgiw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:40:46 +0100
From: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc: Easwar Hariharan <eahariha@...ux.microsoft.com>, cocci@...ia.fr, 
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>, 
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>, Victor Gambier <victor.gambier@...ia.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: misc: secs_to_jiffies script: Create dummy report

Hi Markus

On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 at 09:37, Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
>
> > When running cocci in report mode, eg:
> > $make coccicheck M="$dir" MODE=report
> >
> > It returns this error:
> > virtual rule report not supported
> > coccicheck failed
> > make: *** [Makefile:251: __sub-make] Error 2
>
> I hope that more collateral evolution will happen because of such information.
>
>
> > Create a dummy rule to avoid this error and run the other cocci scripts.
>
> Please add proper support for operation modes around discussed source code analysis approaches.
> Will it be more helpful to work with function calls like the following?

My main concern is to fix the CI that was broken when this semantic
patch was introduced.

I am sure that a person more capable on cocci patches can implement
the report mode in a follow-up patch.

Regards!

>
> ‣ coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], "WARNING: opportunity for …")
> ‣ coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], "WARNING: opportunity for …")
>
>
> Regards,
> Markus



-- 
Ricardo Ribalda