linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 20/20] rv/rvgen: add missing return type annotations

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Message-ID: <1edfc4451310645ffe89a60e461682eb49ff6006.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:24:40 +0100
From: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
To: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>, 
 "open list:RUNTIME VERIFICATION (RV)"	
 <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, open list
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 20/20] rv/rvgen: add missing return type annotations

On Wed, 2026-02-04 at 11:42 -0300, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
> Add missing `-> str` return type annotations to code generation
> methods in RVGenerator. These methods return strings, and the missing
> hints caused errors with static analysis tools.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>
> ---
>  tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/generator.py | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/generator.py
> b/tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/generator.py
> index ef6c9150f50c6..4b984869a7b3d 100644
> --- a/tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/generator.py
> +++ b/tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/generator.py
> @@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ class RVGenerator:
>              return f"#include <monitors/{self.parent}/{self.parent}.h>\n"
>          return ""
>  
> -    def fill_tracepoint_handlers_skel(self):
> +    def fill_tracepoint_handlers_skel(self) -> str:
>          return "NotImplemented"

Those are the ones that will raise an exception in a later iteration of this,
right? I wonder if we really need to touch them now.
Anyway I'm fine with this if it pleases your tools, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>

>  
> -    def fill_tracepoint_attach_probe(self):
> +    def fill_tracepoint_attach_probe(self) -> str:
>          return "NotImplemented"
>  
> -    def fill_tracepoint_detach_helper(self):
> +    def fill_tracepoint_detach_helper(self) -> str:
>          return "NotImplemented"
>  
>      def fill_main_c(self):
> @@ -100,19 +100,19 @@ class RVGenerator:
>  
>          return main_c
>  
> -    def fill_model_h(self):
> +    def fill_model_h(self) -> str:
>          return "NotImplemented"
>  
> -    def fill_monitor_class_type(self):
> +    def fill_monitor_class_type(self) -> str:
>          return "NotImplemented"
>  
> -    def fill_monitor_class(self):
> +    def fill_monitor_class(self) -> str:
>          return "NotImplemented"
>  
> -    def fill_tracepoint_args_skel(self, tp_type):
> +    def fill_tracepoint_args_skel(self, tp_type) -> str:
>          return "NotImplemented"
>  
> -    def fill_monitor_deps(self):
> +    def fill_monitor_deps(self) -> str:
>          buff = []
>          buff.append("	# XXX: add dependencies if there")
>          if self.parent: