On Thu, 2020-09-24 at 23:53 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24 2020 at 13:33, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Thu, 2020-09-24 at 22:19 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 22 2020 at 09:07, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020, Joe Perches wrote: > > > > > True enough for a general statement, though the coccinelle > > > > > script Julia provided does not change a single instance of > > > > > for loop expressions with commas. > > > > > > > > > > As far as I can tell, no logic defect is introduced by the > > > > > script at all. > > > > > > > > The script has a rule to ensure that what is changed is part of a top > > > > level statement that has the form e1, e2;. I put that in to avoid > > > > transforming cases where the comma is the body of a macro, but it protects > > > > against for loop headers as well. > > > > > > Right. I went through the lot and did not find something dodgy. Except > > > for two hunks this still applies. Can someone please send a proper patch > > > with changelog/SOB etc. for this? > > > > Treewide? > > > > Somebody no doubt would complain, but there > > _really should_ be some mechanism for these > > trivial and correct treewide changes... > > There are lots of mechanisms: I've tried them all. None of them work particularly well, especially the individual patch route. > - Andrew picks such changes up Generally not treewide. > - With a few competent eyeballs on it (reviewers) this can go thorugh > the trivial tree as well. It's more than obvious after all. Jiri is almost non-existent when it comes to trivial treewide patches. > - Send the script to Linus with a proper change log attached and ask > him to run it. Linus has concerns about backports and what he deems trivialities. Generally overblown IMO. > - In the worst case if nobody feels responsible, I'll take care. If Julia doesn't send a new patch in the next few days, I will do the apply, fixup and resend of hers. So, you're on-deck, nearly up... > All of the above is better than trying to get the attention of a > gazillion of maintainters. True. And all of the treewide changes depend on some generic acceptance of value in the type of change. Some believe that comma->semicolon conversions aren't useful as there isn't a logical change and the compiler output wouldn't be different. Anyway, cheers, Joe _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
