Re: [PATCH net-next 3/8] lib: packing: add pack_fields() and unpack_fields()

[Jacob Keller]

On 10/24/2024 9:38 AM, Jacob Keller wrote:
> I also have some thought about trying to catch this in a coccinelle
> script. That has the trade-off that its only caught by running the
> spatch/coccinelle scripts, but it would completely eliminate the need to
> modify Kbuild at all.
> 
> I'm going to try and experiment with that direction and see if its feasible.
> 

Coccinelle can't handle all of the relevant checks, since it does not
parse the macros, and can only look at the uncompiled code.

I'll have a v2 out soon with Vladimir's suggested approach.

Thanks,
Jake