On Fri, 26 Jun 2015, Darren Hart wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 07:13:10PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > Julia, do you have any particular objection to this specific patch? I didn't see > a reason to prevent it going in. Sorry if I was unclear. If there is no problem with the current patch, I have no objection to it. I don't think that the semantic patch that caused this patch to be generated is suitable for inclusion in the Linux kernel. 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
