linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 02/36] compiler-context-analysis: Add infrastructure for Context Analysis with Clang

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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:33:07 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 02/36] compiler-context-analysis: Add infrastructure
 for Context Analysis with Clang

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 08:11:59PM +0100, Marco Elver wrote:

> > Many kernel developers are used to look up the definition of a data
> > structure either by using ctags, etags or a similar tool or by using
> > grep and a pattern like "${struct_name} {\$". Breaking the tools kernel
> > developer use today to look up data structure definitions might cause
> > considerable frustration and hence shouldn't be done lightly.

Its a simple matter of adding a regex to scripts/tags.sh :-) Also clangd
language server sees right through it as is. So all 'modern' stuff using
that will have no problems.