[PATCH] coccinelle: flags.cocci: reorganize patterns to improve efficiency

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sun Nov 12 2017 - 11:08:33 EST


An initial rule just matching a function call makes it possible to focus
on one all at a time, which improves performance in complex functions with
multiple locking calls. Using a constraint expression lock2 != pre.lock1;
makes it possible to eliminate the double matching of the lock, lock
sequence.

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>

---

diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/locks/flags.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/locks/flags.cocci
index debd70e..33f29a5 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/locks/flags.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/locks/flags.cocci
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ virtual context
virtual org
virtual report

-@r exists@
-expression lock1,lock2,flags;
-position p1,p2;
+@pre exists@
+expression lock1,flags;
+position p1;
@@

(
@@ -24,25 +24,12 @@ read_lock_irqsave@p1(lock1,flags)
|
write_lock_irqsave@p1(lock1,flags)
)
-... when != flags
-(
-spin_lock_irqsave(lock1,flags)
-|
-read_lock_irqsave(lock1,flags)
-|
-write_lock_irqsave(lock1,flags)
-|
-spin_lock_irqsave@p2(lock2,flags)
-|
-read_lock_irqsave@p2(lock2,flags)
-|
-write_lock_irqsave@p2(lock2,flags)
-)

-@d exists@
-expression f <= r.flags;
-expression lock1,lock2,flags;
-position r.p1, r.p2;
+@r exists@
+expression lock2 != pre.lock1;
+expression f <= pre.flags;
+expression pre.lock1,pre.flags;
+position pre.p1,p2;
@@

(
@@ -63,16 +50,16 @@ position r.p1, r.p2;

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------

-@script:python depends on d && org@
-p1 << r.p1;
+@script:python depends on org@
+p1 << pre.p1;
p2 << r.p2;
@@

cocci.print_main("original lock",p1)
cocci.print_secs("nested lock+irqsave that reuses flags",p2)

-@script:python depends on d && report@
-p1 << r.p1;
+@script:python depends on report@
+p1 << pre.p1;
p2 << r.p2;
@@