> Maybe the problem would be solved by putting virtual report at the top of the rule. I assume that support for the operation mode “patch” can eventually be considered. > But it might still fail because nothing can happen without a value > for the virtual metavariable ns. I imagine that the safe handling of this command line input parameter will trigger further software development concerns. > Should the coccinelle directory be only for things that work with make coccicheck, I hope not. But it seems that a filter command expressed such a restriction so far. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/coccicheck?id=02dc96ef6c25f990452c114c59d75c368a1f4c8f#n257 Is this place an update candidate now? > or for all Coccinelle scripts? I would prefer file storage selections in this direction. How do you think about to improve the software taxonomy accordingly? Regards, Markus