Re: Coccinelle: Add a SmPL script for the reconsideration of redundant dev_err() calls

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On Fri, 21 Jun 2019, Markus Elfring wrote:

> > I think that something like
> >
> > if (IS_ERR(e))
> > {
> > <+...
> > *dev_err(...)
> > ...+>
> > }
> >
> > would be more appropriate.  Whether there is a return or not doesn't
> > really matter.
>
> Do you find the following SmPL change specification useful and acceptable?
>
>
> @deletion depends on patch@
> expression e;
> @@
>  e = devm_ioremap_resource(...);
>  if (IS_ERR(e))
> (
> -{
> -   dev_err(...);
>     return (...);

I still don't see the point of specifying return.  Why not just S, where S
is a statement metavariable?

julia

> -}
> |{

I realize that you confuse conciseness with readability, but it would
really look better to have the | on a line by itself.

julia

>  <+...
> -   dev_err(...);
>  ...+>
>  }
> )
>
>
> Would this approach need a version check for the Coccinelle software?

Why would that be necessary?



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