Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: api: add kvfree script

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sat Jun 06 2020 - 03:46:46 EST


> > + E = \(kmalloc@kok\|kzalloc@kok\|krealloc@kok\|kcalloc@kok\|kmalloc_node@kok\|kzalloc_node@kok\|kmalloc_array@kok\|kmalloc_array_node@kok\|kcalloc_node@kok\)(...)
>
> I would prefer an other coding style here.
>
> * Items for such SmPL disjunctions can be specified also on multiple lines.
>
> * The semantic patch language supports further means to handle function name lists
> in more convenient ways.
> Would you like to work with customised constraints?

Please don't follow this advice. Coccinelle is not able to optimize its
search process according to the information in constraints. It will
needlessly parse many files.

julia