Re: [v5] Coccinelle: semantic code search for missing put_device()

[Julia Lawall]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2019, Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> We will modify the the if in the when code like this:
> >>
> >> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if (id == NULL || ...) { ... return ...; }
> >>  ... when != put_device(&id->dev)
> â
> >> -    when != if (id) { ... put_device(&id->dev) ... }
> >> +    when != if (...) { ... put_device(&id->dev) ... }
> >
> > This looks ok.
>
> I have got another different software development opinion also for
> such SmPL code in the adjusted line.
> I find this specific source code search variant irrelevant
> because the shown reference release function should be found
> by the first SmPL when specification already.
> Would you like to determine generally if the desired function call
> is present at all?
>
> Thus I do not see a need (or requirement) for a duplicate search attempt.

Why don't you actually try it and see what the difference is rather than
repeatedly giving false information?

julia