Re: [v2 08/10] scripts: Coccinelle script for namespace dependencies

[Markus Elfring]

> $srctree is defined by kbuild in the toplevel Makefile.

How is this variable passed to the file âscripts/nsdepsâ?


>> * Would you like to support a separate build directory for desired adjustments?
>
> No, as the purpose of this script is to directly patch the kernel
> sources where applicable.

Will there occasionally be a need to provide a generated patch
(without in-place file modification)?


>> I suggest to assign the name for the temporary file to a variable
>> which should be used by subsequent commands.
>
> I somehow don't agree that this is an improvement to the code as the
> variable would likely be something like ${source_file_tmp}.

Would you dare to choose a shorter variable name?


> ${source_file}.tmp does express the intent of a temporary file next to
> the original source file and the reader of the code does not need to
> reason about the value of ${source_file_tmp}.

I would find a code variant with less suffix repetition nicer.

Regards,
Markus