Re: [cocci] [PATCH] coccinelle: scripts: coccinelle: devm_free: reduce false positives

From: Markus Elfring

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 10:39:35 EST


> Anyway, since I did take several minutes to go find the file and look at
> it,

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.2-rc6/source/scripts/coccinelle/free/devm_free.cocci#L58-L105

Patch review might take another while.


> I guess you want the disjunctions to be ordered by frequency in the
> code base. But I'm not going to do that.

Which factors do hinder the clarification of further desirable improvements
also for related software areas so far?

Regards,
Markus