On Tue, 13 Apr 2021, Fabio Aiuto wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to improve the following coccinelle script: > > @@ > expression a, fmt; > expression list var_args; > @@ > > - DBG_871X_LEVEL(a, fmt, var_args); > + printk(fmt, var_args); > > I would replace the DBG_871X_LEVEL macro with printk, but > I can't find a way to add KERN_* constant prefix to the fmt > argument in the + code line. If i try this > > @@ > expression a, fmt; > expression list var_args; > @@ > > - DBG_871X_LEVEL(a, fmt, var_args); > + printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, var_args); > > plus: parse error: > File "../test.cocci", line 94, column 20, charpos = 1171 > around = 'fmt', > whole content = + printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, var_args); > > how could I do this? Although I certainly agree with Greg, I'll answer the question from a technical point of view. I'm not sure that that kind of compound string is supported for a metavariable. It is possible to get around this problem using a python script. If you ever need to do this for a better reason, you can take a look at demos/pythontococci.cocci in the Coccinelle source code distribution. julia
