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Thanks for doing this!

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 05:20:48PM +0100, Silvan Jegen wrote:
> This commit fixes some typos and reformulates some parts of the
> documentation.  It also adds some basic formatting to make the text
> easier to read.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Silvan Jegen <s.jegen@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> There are still a few open issues regarding the smatch usage that are not
> clear to me and that could be addressed in a later version of this patch:
> 
> * Will the cross function database be used automatically by smatch when
>   available or do you have to specify the db location somewhere on the
>   command line when invoking test_kernel.sh?

It should be automatic.  The database is stored at the base of the
kernel source.

> * Is it possible to use the build_kernel_data.sh script to rebuild
>   the data base incrementally or does one need a different command line
>   invocation in order to do that (if it is indeed possible at all)?

It's not possible to do it correctly.  I've just pushed a script in
smatch_data/db/reload_partial.sh to mostly reload a file.

> * I interpreted "Outside of the kernel" to mean "for projects other than
>   the kernel". Is that actually what is meant here?

Yes.

I've applied your fixes.  Thanks, again.  :)

regards,
dan carpenter

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