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Message-ID: <aW9o_lSOvSdME6MP@fedora>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:42:14 -0300
From: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>
To: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>, 
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"open list:RUNTIME VERIFICATION (RV)" <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/26] rv/rvgen: fix unbound initial_state variable

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 09:21:01AM +0100, Gabriele Monaco wrote:
> On Mon, 2026-01-19 at 17:45 -0300, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
> 
> 
> [...]
> > diff --git a/tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/automata.py
> > b/tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/automata.py
> > index 8548265955570..083d0f5cfb773 100644
> > --- a/tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/automata.py
> > +++ b/tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/automata.py
> > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> >  
> >  import ntpath
> >  
> > +
> >  class AutomataError(OSError):
> >      """Exception raised for errors in automata parsing and validation.
> >  
> > @@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ class AutomataError(OSError):
> >      or malformed automaton definitions.
> >      """
> >  
> > +

> 
> I believe these newlines were added automatically by some tools, not sure if we
> really want them but they don't belong in this patch (since 1/26 added this
> class).
> 
There are python formatting tools that put 2 lines after a type
definition. Anyway, I can remove it in v2.

> >  class Automata:
> >      """Automata class: Reads a dot file and parses it as an automata.
> >  
> > @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ class Automata:
> >          self.__dot_path = file_path
> >          self.name = model_name or self.__get_model_name()
> >          self.__dot_lines = self.__open_dot()
> > -        self.states, self.initial_state, self.final_states =
> > self.__get_state_variables()
> > +        self.states, self.initial_state, self.final_states = (
> > +            self.__get_state_variables()
> > +        )
> 
> There is no strict 80 character limit for python code and I personally find this
> less readable. Is this again what the tool suggested?
> 

In general, 100 lines is assumed the to a good limit. Anyway, this is
minor and I can remove the change in v2 if desired.

> >          self.events = self.__get_event_variables()
> >          self.function = self.__create_matrix()
> >          self.events_start, self.events_start_run = self.__store_init_events()
> > @@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ class Automata:
> >          # wait for node declaration
> >          states = []
> >          final_states = []
> > +        initial_state = None
> >  
> >          has_final_states = False
> >          cursor = self.__get_cursor_begin_states()
> > @@ -96,9 +101,9 @@ class Automata:
> >              raw_state = line[-1]
> >  
> >              #  "enabled_fired"}; -> enabled_fired
> > -            state = raw_state.replace('"', '').replace('};', '').replace(',',
> > '_')
> > +            state = raw_state.replace('"', "").replace("};", "").replace(",",
> > "_")
> 
> Ok this change is good.
> 
> >              if state.startswith(self.init_marker):
> > -                initial_state = state[len(self.init_marker):]
> > +                initial_state = state[len(self.init_marker) :]
> 
> You fixed spacing in 12/26. We could either keep move this change there or just
> merge that patch with others touching the same files.
> 

Np, I can move this change to there.

> >              else:
> >                  states.append(state)
> >                  if "doublecircle" in self.__dot_lines[cursor]:
> > @@ -111,6 +116,9 @@ class Automata:
> >  
> >              cursor += 1
> >  
> > +        if initial_state is None:
> > +            raise AutomataError("The automaton doesn't have a initial state")
> > +
> 
> Yeah that's needed.
> 
> >          states = sorted(set(states))
> >  
> >          # Insert the initial state at the beginning of the states
> > @@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ class Automata:
> >              #  ------------ event is here ------------^^^^^
> >              if self.__dot_lines[cursor].split()[1] == "->":
> >                  line = self.__dot_lines[cursor].split()
> > -                event = line[-2].replace('"', '')
> > +                event = line[-2].replace('"', "")
> >  
> >                  # when a transition has more than one labels, they are like
> > this
> >                  # "local_irq_enable\nhw_local_irq_enable_n"
> > @@ -162,7 +170,9 @@ class Automata:
> >              nr_state += 1
> >  
> >          # declare the matrix....
> > -        matrix = [[self.invalid_state_str for x in range(nr_event)] for y in
> > range(nr_state)]
> > +        matrix = [
> > +            [self.invalid_state_str for x in range(nr_event)] for y in
> > range(nr_state)
> > +        ]
> >  
> >          # and we are back! Let's fill the matrix
> >          cursor = self.__get_cursor_begin_events()
> > @@ -170,9 +180,9 @@ class Automata:
> >          while self.__dot_lines[cursor].lstrip()[0] == '"':
> >              if self.__dot_lines[cursor].split()[1] == "->":
> >                  line = self.__dot_lines[cursor].split()
> > -                origin_state = line[0].replace('"', '').replace(',', '_')
> > -                dest_state = line[2].replace('"', '').replace(',', '_')
> > -                possible_events = line[-2].replace('"', '').replace("\\n", "
> > ")
> > +                origin_state = line[0].replace('"', "").replace(",", "_")
> > +                dest_state = line[2].replace('"', "").replace(",", "_")
> > +                possible_events = line[-2].replace('"', "").replace("\\n", "
> > ")
> 
> All in all looks good, thanks.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
> 
> >                  for event in possible_events.split():
> >                      matrix[states_dict[origin_state]][events_dict[event]] =
> > dest_state
> >              cursor += 1


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