Re: [Cocci] Coccinelle: Script to replace allocate and memset with zalloc functions
From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Fri Aug 19 2016 - 09:27:23 EST
>> I suggest to take another look at a few implementation details.
>>
>> 1. Would it make sense to merge such SmPL rules into one
>> so that code duplication could be reduced a bit
>> in such a script?
>>
>> 2. How do you think about to extend the shown check list
>> with the function "kvm_kvzalloc"?
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> kvm_kvzalloc function doesn't fit the same pattern as the other
> functions in this semantic patch, and is kvm specific,
Has this one got a similar function property?
Do you prefer to exclude such functions which belong to subsystems
so far generally?
> so the semantic patch looks fine as is.
How do you think about to express the shown source code repetition
as an aspect by an other script format?
Regards,
Markus