Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: coccinelle: check for !(un)?likely usage

From: Denis Efremov
Date: Thu Aug 29 2019 - 13:13:10 EST


On 8/29/19 8:10 PM, Denis Efremov wrote:
> This patch adds coccinelle script for detecting !likely and
> !unlikely usage. These notations are confusing. It's better
> to replace !likely(x) with unlikely(!x) and !unlikely(x) with
> likely(!x) for readability.

I'm not sure that this rule deserves the acceptance.
Just to want to be sure that "!unlikely(x)" and "!likely(x)"
are hard-readable is not only my perception and that they
become more clear in form "likely(!x)" and "unlikely(!x)" too.

Thanks,
Denis