From: Greg Dietsche <Gregory.Dietsche@xxxxxxx> Adding documentation for the new M= option which limits Coccinelle to a specific set of directories. Signed-off-by: Greg Dietsche <Gregory.Dietsche@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/coccinelle.txt | 10 ++++++++-- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt index 96b6903..cf44eb6 100644 --- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt +++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt @@ -102,9 +102,15 @@ or make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MODE=report - Using Coccinelle on (modified) files -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Controlling Which Files are Processed by Coccinelle +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +By default the entire kernel source tree is checked. + +To apply Coccinelle to a specific directory, M= can be used. +For example, to check drivers/net/wireless/ one may write: + make coccicheck M=drivers/net/wireless/ + To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the following command may be used: -- 1.7.6.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
