> What should I be looking for in the archives? https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci?id=dfd32cad146e3624970eee9329e99d2c6ef751b3 Several software development discussions might be interesting also before the change “dma-mapping: remove dma_zalloc_coherent()”. > I've referenced what I think is the relevant commit here. How do you think about the extend the software development background another bit? > I have replied to these messages now. Do you refer to your response from 2020-04-07? https://systeme.lip6.fr/pipermail/cocci/2020-April/007102.html https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/20200407155005.rdyiu7xqss57rzhq@lenovo-laptop/ * You proposed a change for this SmPL script which contains programming mistakes. * Would you like to achieve the restore of a SmPL code variant from a published patch hunk instead? * Will the software development attention grow also around the recurring topic “Code duplications in SmPL disjunctions”? Regards, Markus