On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > >> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > > > What script was used ? > > A semantic patch approach which I published on the mailing lists in March > is in action on my software development system for a while. > > > > Is it in scripts/coccinelle ? > > Not yet. > > I hope that the involved update suggestions got sufficient positive feedback > to integrate five scripts there. The current scripts are very complicated, involving the interaction between multiple scripts and a database, and I think they are not very suitable for make coccicheck. Also, the idea of removing the null checks is not appropriate in all contexts. Perhaps it could be possible to add a script to the Linux kernel that handles a number of common cases for which removing the null test is widely considered to be desirable. julia -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
