On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 06:21:06PM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote: > Attempting to do transform using Coccinelle > > if (foo != 0) { > ... > > -> > > if (foo) { > ... > > Coccinelle script attempt does not work > > @@ expression x; @@ > ( > - x != 0 > + x > ) I think you do not need the () here as you only are providing one semanntic patch the only thing that was missing is the virtual rule - so using this simple spatch file works for me <snip> virtual patch @tonull@ expression x; @@ - x != 0 + x <snip> hofrat@debian01:~/git/linux-next$ spatch --sp-file x.cocci --dir kernel/ | more init_defs_builtins: /usr/local/lib/coccinelle/standard.h no inferred keywords HANDLING: kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c diff = HANDLING: kernel/sched/swait.c diff -u -p a/sched/cpudeadline.c b/sched/cpudeadline.c --- a/sched/cpudeadline.c +++ b/sched/cpudeadline.c @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void cpudl_heapify_up(struct cpud int orig_cpu = cp->elements[idx].cpu; u64 orig_dl = cp->elements[idx].dl; - if (idx == 0) + if (!idx) return; .... > > `spatch --parse-cocci script.cocci` appears to pass. A similar script > worked correctly > > @@ expression x; @@ > ( > - x == 0 > + !x > ) likewise <snip> virtual patch @tontnull@ expression x; @@ - x == 0 + !x <snip> Using: spatch --version spatch version 1.0.6-00033-g23cca0a compiled with OCaml version 4.0 .0 Flags passed to the configure script: [none] Python scripting support: yes Syntax of regular expresssions: PCRE > > I have read various papers and tutorials to no avail. I have tried > various other versions also with no success. > > Any pointers most appreciated. > first you might want to read through the myriads of examples that come with coccinelle in the kernel: scripts/coccinelle/* Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst as well as the documentation in coccinelle repository: URL: https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle And for specific technologies like semantic patches it is best to signeup to the coccinelle mailing list and send such questions to Cocci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx archive at: https://systeme.lip6.fr/mailman/listinfo/cocci thx! hofrat _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies