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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] coccinelle.txt: add overview section
From: Nicolas Palix <Nicolas.Palix () inria ! fr>
Date: 2011-07-26 14:46:26
Message-ID: CAAxaTiNvF1GO2rMSHwRnn4SrDpRNm54y0ma6qyPoJwKGMyEAXQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:26 AM, Greg Dietsche <Gregory.Dietsche@cuw.edu> wrote:
> Add an overview section to the Coccinelle documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Dietsche <Gregory.Dietsche@cuw.edu>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix.work@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/coccinelle.txt | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
> index 96b6903..9495a4b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
> @@ -41,6 +41,37 @@ The semantic patches in the kernel will work best with Coccinelle version
> semantic patch code, but any results that are obtained should still be
> correct.
>
> +
> + Overview / Quick Start
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +There are two ways to use Coccinelle with the Linux kernel.
> +
> +1) Coccinelle can be used like sparse (see Documentation/sparse.txt):
> + make C=1 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck"
> + make C=2 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck"
> +
> +2) Coccinelle can be used via a build target in the kernel's Makefile:
> + make coccicheck
> +
> +There are a number of optional parameters that can be used with the build target.
> +
> + make coccicheck MODE={patch,report,context,org} COCCI=? M=?
> +
> +MODE:
> + Determines what mode cocci operates in. If no mode is specified
> + then cocci will default to 'chain' mode which will run for each
> + available mode (patch, report, context, org).
> +
> +COCCI:
> + Process a specific .cocci SmPL script. If this is not set then
> + process all scripts under scripts/coccinelle/
> +
> +M:
> + Limit cocci to a subset of directories. This is very similar to the
> + way the build system works when building modules.
> +
> +
> Using Coccinelle on the Linux kernel
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> --
> 1.7.2.5
>
>
--
Nicolas Palix
http://sardes.inrialpes.fr/~npalix/
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