linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/26] rv/rvgen: refactor automata.py to use iterator-based parsing

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Message-ID: <182e75fa8339adb4f90f7c2837ce985ac98e1b80.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:40:55 +0100
From: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
To: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>, Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, open list
	 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "open list:RUNTIME VERIFICATION (RV)"
	 <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/26] rv/rvgen: refactor automata.py to use
 iterator-based parsing

On Thu, 2026-01-22 at 16:35 +0100, Nam Cao wrote:
> Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com> writes:
> > Just know that this parser is already quite fragile and we are planning a
> > major
> > refactor using ply with a well-defined grammar and tokenizer, like how the
> > LTL
> > parser is implemented.
> 
> I will get to it after your hybrid automaton stuff is merged, I don't
> want to deal with conflict.
> 
> Nam

Definitely, that isn't a priority.

By the way, I just noticed the ply repo got archived on Github [1], I wonder
this endeavour is wise, although ply seems quite ubiquitous so someone may step
up and fork the project.

[1] - https://github.com/dabeaz/ply#important-notice---december-21-2025