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

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Message-ID: <fce88885-8c10-4f22-a19c-3b04430aec3d@web.de>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:46:48 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
 Easwar Hariharan <eahariha@...ux.microsoft.com>, cocci@...ia.fr
Cc: 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: coccinelle: misc: secs_to_jiffies script: Create dummy report

>>> 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.

I prefer to avoid a temporary workaround when a more useful solution
is actually simple.

Regards,
Markus