Re: Does the Community use Coverity ?

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I have been tried twice to join the Linux group on scan.coverity, with
no result. Any hint?

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Jeff Haran <Jeff.Haran@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pavi1729 [mailto:pavitra1729@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 2:04 AM
>> To: Jeff Haran
>> Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> linux-mmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Does the Community use Coverity ?
>>
>> Sanket, Jeff,
>>     Thanks a ton, that was helpful.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pavi
>
> Pavi,
>
> I suggest that if you get the chance, check out their code browser. Click on one of the bugs in the Linux project and then click the folder icon at the top of the lower left pane to get to the source code. It's ability to cross reference is the best out there. It eliminates all the false positives in cross reference results that you get from more traditional token matching based browsers like cscope, ctags, etc.
>
> Jeff Haran
>
>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Jeff Haran <Jeff.Haran@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: kernelnewbies-
>> bounces+jharan=bytemobile.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>[mailto:kernelnewbies-
>> >>bounces+jharan=bytemobile.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> >>pavi1729
>> >>Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 11:03 PM
>> >>To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> >>linux- mmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>Subject: Does the Community use Coverity ?
>> >>
>> >>Hi,
>> >>  May I know if the community uses the Coverity tool and, if yes where
>> >>can I find a repo of Coverity scans of kernels and IGNORE LIST; cause
>> >>there obviously would be false positives.
>> >>
>> >>Cheers,
>> >>Pavi
>> >
>> > https://scan.coverity.com/
>> >
>> > Sign up for an account and join the Linux project.
>> >
>> > Jeff Haran
>> >
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