Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: api/devm_platform_ioremap_resource: remove useless script

[Alexandre Belloni]

On 19/10/2019 11:00:47+0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > While it is useful for new drivers to use devm_platform_ioremap_resource,
> 
> This is nice.
> 
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> > this script is currently used to spam maintainers,
> 
> This view is unfortunate.
> 
> Do we stumble on a target conflict again?
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> > often updating very old drivers.
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> This can also happen.
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> > The net benefit is the removal of 2 lines of code in the driver
> 
> Additional effects can be reconsidered, can't they?
> 

What are the additional effects? What is the end goal of converting all
the existing drivers to devm_platform_ioremap_resource? The existing
code is currently always correct and it is difficult to see how this
would lead to any bug avoidance in the long term.

> > but the review load for the maintainers is huge.
> 
> Does collateral evolution trigger a remarkable amount of changes occasionally?
> 

This is not an evolution, it is unnecessary churn. Those patches have no
benefit and eat up very valuable reviewer time.

> 
> How will such feedback influence the development and integration of
> further scripts for the semantic patch language (Coccinelle software)?
> 

There are a few other scripts that have no added value when applied to
existing code, like ptr_ret.cocci.

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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
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