linux-kernel - Re: [cocci] [PATCH RESEND 0/3] scripts: coccicheck: document debug log handling

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Message-ID: <699831d6-694b-5435-5afc-c86e5a815a61@inria.fr>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:32:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
To: Benjamin Philip <benjamin.philip495@...il.com>
cc: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>, 
    Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, 
    cocci@...ia.fr, workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [cocci] [PATCH RESEND 0/3] scripts: coccicheck: document debug
 log handling



On Wed, 7 Jan 2026, Benjamin Philip wrote:

> Currently coccicheck prints debug logs to stdout unless a debug file has been
> set. This makes it hard to read coccinelle's suggested changes, especially for
> someone new to coccicheck.
>
> This patchset documents this behaviour in both the coccicheck script as well as
> in the dev-tools documentation. Additionally, it simplifies some of the logic
> for handling debug files.
>
> Benjamin Philip (3):
>   scripts: coccicheck: simplify debug file handling
>   scripts: coccicheck: warn on unset debug file
>   Documentation: Coccinelle: document debug log handling
>
>  Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
>  scripts/coccicheck                     | 21 +++++++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Thanks for the update.  I will try to get this in for the next release.

julia