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  1 .. Copyright 2010 Nicolas Palix <npalix@diku.dk      1 .. Copyright 2010 Nicolas Palix <npalix@diku.dk>
  2 .. Copyright 2010 Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>       2 .. Copyright 2010 Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
  3 .. Copyright 2010 Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@      3 .. Copyright 2010 Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@lip6.fr>
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  7 .. _devtools_coccinelle:                            7 .. _devtools_coccinelle:
  8                                                     8 
  9 Coccinelle                                          9 Coccinelle
 10 ==========                                         10 ==========
 11                                                    11 
 12 Coccinelle is a tool for pattern matching and      12 Coccinelle is a tool for pattern matching and text transformation that has
 13 many uses in kernel development, including the     13 many uses in kernel development, including the application of complex,
 14 tree-wide patches and detection of problematic     14 tree-wide patches and detection of problematic programming patterns.
 15                                                    15 
 16 Getting Coccinelle                                 16 Getting Coccinelle
 17 ------------------                                 17 ------------------
 18                                                    18 
 19 The semantic patches included in the kernel us     19 The semantic patches included in the kernel use features and options
 20 which are provided by Coccinelle version 1.0.0     20 which are provided by Coccinelle version 1.0.0-rc11 and above.
 21 Using earlier versions will fail as the option     21 Using earlier versions will fail as the option names used by
 22 the Coccinelle files and coccicheck have been      22 the Coccinelle files and coccicheck have been updated.
 23                                                    23 
 24 Coccinelle is available through the package ma     24 Coccinelle is available through the package manager
 25 of many distributions, e.g. :                      25 of many distributions, e.g. :
 26                                                    26 
 27  - Debian                                          27  - Debian
 28  - Fedora                                          28  - Fedora
 29  - Ubuntu                                          29  - Ubuntu
 30  - OpenSUSE                                        30  - OpenSUSE
 31  - Arch Linux                                      31  - Arch Linux
 32  - NetBSD                                          32  - NetBSD
 33  - FreeBSD                                         33  - FreeBSD
 34                                                    34 
 35 Some distribution packages are obsolete and it     35 Some distribution packages are obsolete and it is recommended
 36 to use the latest version released from the Co     36 to use the latest version released from the Coccinelle homepage at
 37 http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/                         37 http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
 38                                                    38 
 39 Or from Github at:                                 39 Or from Github at:
 40                                                    40 
 41 https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle           41 https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle
 42                                                    42 
 43 Once you have it, run the following commands::     43 Once you have it, run the following commands::
 44                                                    44 
 45         ./autogen                                  45         ./autogen
 46         ./configure                                46         ./configure
 47         make                                       47         make
 48                                                    48 
 49 as a regular user, and install it with::           49 as a regular user, and install it with::
 50                                                    50 
 51         sudo make install                          51         sudo make install
 52                                                    52 
 53 More detailed installation instructions to bui     53 More detailed installation instructions to build from source can be
 54 found at:                                          54 found at:
 55                                                    55 
 56 https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/     56 https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/master/install.txt
 57                                                    57 
 58 Supplemental documentation                         58 Supplemental documentation
 59 --------------------------                         59 --------------------------
 60                                                    60 
 61 For supplemental documentation refer to the wi     61 For supplemental documentation refer to the wiki:
 62                                                    62 
 63 https://bottest.wiki.kernel.org/coccicheck         63 https://bottest.wiki.kernel.org/coccicheck
 64                                                    64 
 65 The wiki documentation always refers to the li     65 The wiki documentation always refers to the linux-next version of the script.
 66                                                    66 
 67 For Semantic Patch Language(SmPL) grammar docu     67 For Semantic Patch Language(SmPL) grammar documentation refer to:
 68                                                    68 
 69 https://coccinelle.gitlabpages.inria.fr/websit     69 https://coccinelle.gitlabpages.inria.fr/website/docs/main_grammar.html
 70                                                    70 
 71 Using Coccinelle on the Linux kernel               71 Using Coccinelle on the Linux kernel
 72 ------------------------------------               72 ------------------------------------
 73                                                    73 
 74 A Coccinelle-specific target is defined in the     74 A Coccinelle-specific target is defined in the top level
 75 Makefile. This target is named ``coccicheck``      75 Makefile. This target is named ``coccicheck`` and calls the ``coccicheck``
 76 front-end in the ``scripts`` directory.            76 front-end in the ``scripts`` directory.
 77                                                    77 
 78 Four basic modes are defined: ``patch``, ``rep     78 Four basic modes are defined: ``patch``, ``report``, ``context``, and
 79 ``org``. The mode to use is specified by setti     79 ``org``. The mode to use is specified by setting the MODE variable with
 80 ``MODE=<mode>``.                                   80 ``MODE=<mode>``.
 81                                                    81 
 82 - ``patch`` proposes a fix, when possible.         82 - ``patch`` proposes a fix, when possible.
 83                                                    83 
 84 - ``report`` generates a list in the following     84 - ``report`` generates a list in the following format:
 85   file:line:column-column: message                 85   file:line:column-column: message
 86                                                    86 
 87 - ``context`` highlights lines of interest and     87 - ``context`` highlights lines of interest and their context in a
 88   diff-like style. Lines of interest are indic     88   diff-like style. Lines of interest are indicated with ``-``.
 89                                                    89 
 90 - ``org`` generates a report in the Org mode f     90 - ``org`` generates a report in the Org mode format of Emacs.
 91                                                    91 
 92 Note that not all semantic patches implement a     92 Note that not all semantic patches implement all modes. For easy use
 93 of Coccinelle, the default mode is "report".       93 of Coccinelle, the default mode is "report".
 94                                                    94 
 95 Two other modes provide some common combinatio     95 Two other modes provide some common combinations of these modes.
 96                                                    96 
 97 - ``chain`` tries the previous modes in the or     97 - ``chain`` tries the previous modes in the order above until one succeeds.
 98                                                    98 
 99 - ``rep+ctxt`` runs successively the report mo     99 - ``rep+ctxt`` runs successively the report mode and the context mode.
100   It should be used with the C option (describ    100   It should be used with the C option (described later)
101   which checks the code on a file basis.          101   which checks the code on a file basis.
102                                                   102 
103 Examples                                          103 Examples
104 ~~~~~~~~                                          104 ~~~~~~~~
105                                                   105 
106 To make a report for every semantic patch, run    106 To make a report for every semantic patch, run the following command::
107                                                   107 
108                 make coccicheck MODE=report       108                 make coccicheck MODE=report
109                                                   109 
110 To produce patches, run::                         110 To produce patches, run::
111                                                   111 
112                 make coccicheck MODE=patch        112                 make coccicheck MODE=patch
113                                                   113 
114                                                   114 
115 The coccicheck target applies every semantic p    115 The coccicheck target applies every semantic patch available in the
116 sub-directories of ``scripts/coccinelle`` to t    116 sub-directories of ``scripts/coccinelle`` to the entire Linux kernel.
117                                                   117 
118 For each semantic patch, a commit message is p    118 For each semantic patch, a commit message is proposed.  It gives a
119 description of the problem being checked by th    119 description of the problem being checked by the semantic patch, and
120 includes a reference to Coccinelle.               120 includes a reference to Coccinelle.
121                                                   121 
122 As with any static code analyzer, Coccinelle p    122 As with any static code analyzer, Coccinelle produces false
123 positives. Thus, reports must be carefully che    123 positives. Thus, reports must be carefully checked, and patches
124 reviewed.                                         124 reviewed.
125                                                   125 
126 To enable verbose messages set the V= variable    126 To enable verbose messages set the V= variable, for example::
127                                                   127 
128    make coccicheck MODE=report V=1                128    make coccicheck MODE=report V=1
129                                                   129 
130 Coccinelle parallelization                        130 Coccinelle parallelization
131 --------------------------                        131 --------------------------
132                                                   132 
133 By default, coccicheck tries to run as paralle    133 By default, coccicheck tries to run as parallel as possible. To change
134 the parallelism, set the J= variable. For exam    134 the parallelism, set the J= variable. For example, to run across 4 CPUs::
135                                                   135 
136    make coccicheck MODE=report J=4                136    make coccicheck MODE=report J=4
137                                                   137 
138 As of Coccinelle 1.0.2 Coccinelle uses Ocaml p    138 As of Coccinelle 1.0.2 Coccinelle uses Ocaml parmap for parallelization;
139 if support for this is detected you will benef    139 if support for this is detected you will benefit from parmap parallelization.
140                                                   140 
141 When parmap is enabled coccicheck will enable     141 When parmap is enabled coccicheck will enable dynamic load balancing by using
142 ``--chunksize 1`` argument. This ensures we ke    142 ``--chunksize 1`` argument. This ensures we keep feeding threads with work
143 one by one, so that we avoid the situation whe    143 one by one, so that we avoid the situation where most work gets done by only
144 a few threads. With dynamic load balancing, if    144 a few threads. With dynamic load balancing, if a thread finishes early we keep
145 feeding it more work.                             145 feeding it more work.
146                                                   146 
147 When parmap is enabled, if an error occurs in     147 When parmap is enabled, if an error occurs in Coccinelle, this error
148 value is propagated back, and the return value    148 value is propagated back, and the return value of the ``make coccicheck``
149 command captures this return value.               149 command captures this return value.
150                                                   150 
151 Using Coccinelle with a single semantic patch     151 Using Coccinelle with a single semantic patch
152 ---------------------------------------------     152 ---------------------------------------------
153                                                   153 
154 The optional make variable COCCI can be used t    154 The optional make variable COCCI can be used to check a single
155 semantic patch. In that case, the variable mus    155 semantic patch. In that case, the variable must be initialized with
156 the name of the semantic patch to apply.          156 the name of the semantic patch to apply.
157                                                   157 
158 For instance::                                    158 For instance::
159                                                   159 
160         make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MO    160         make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MODE=patch
161                                                   161 
162 or::                                              162 or::
163                                                   163 
164         make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MO    164         make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MODE=report
165                                                   165 
166                                                   166 
167 Controlling Which Files are Processed by Cocci    167 Controlling Which Files are Processed by Coccinelle
168 ----------------------------------------------    168 ---------------------------------------------------
169                                                   169 
170 By default the entire kernel source tree is ch    170 By default the entire kernel source tree is checked.
171                                                   171 
172 To apply Coccinelle to a specific directory, `    172 To apply Coccinelle to a specific directory, ``M=`` can be used.
173 For example, to check drivers/net/wireless/ on    173 For example, to check drivers/net/wireless/ one may write::
174                                                   174 
175     make coccicheck M=drivers/net/wireless/       175     make coccicheck M=drivers/net/wireless/
176                                                   176 
177 To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead o    177 To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the
178 C variable is used by the makefile to select w    178 C variable is used by the makefile to select which files to work with.
179 This variable can be used to run scripts for t    179 This variable can be used to run scripts for the entire kernel, a
180 specific directory, or for a single file.         180 specific directory, or for a single file.
181                                                   181 
182 For example, to check drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.    182 For example, to check drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.c, the value 1 is
183 passed to the C variable to check files that m    183 passed to the C variable to check files that make considers
184 need to be compiled.::                            184 need to be compiled.::
185                                                   185 
186     make C=1 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck drivers/    186     make C=1 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.o
187                                                   187 
188 The value 2 is passed to the C variable to che    188 The value 2 is passed to the C variable to check files regardless of
189 whether they need to be compiled or not.::        189 whether they need to be compiled or not.::
190                                                   190 
191     make C=2 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck drivers/    191     make C=2 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.o
192                                                   192 
193 In these modes, which work on a file basis, th    193 In these modes, which work on a file basis, there is no information
194 about semantic patches displayed, and no commi    194 about semantic patches displayed, and no commit message proposed.
195                                                   195 
196 This runs every semantic patch in scripts/cocc    196 This runs every semantic patch in scripts/coccinelle by default. The
197 COCCI variable may additionally be used to onl    197 COCCI variable may additionally be used to only apply a single
198 semantic patch as shown in the previous sectio    198 semantic patch as shown in the previous section.
199                                                   199 
200 The "report" mode is the default. You can sele    200 The "report" mode is the default. You can select another one with the
201 MODE variable explained above.                    201 MODE variable explained above.
202                                                   202 
203 Debugging Coccinelle SmPL patches                 203 Debugging Coccinelle SmPL patches
204 ---------------------------------                 204 ---------------------------------
205                                                   205 
206 Using coccicheck is best as it provides in the    206 Using coccicheck is best as it provides in the spatch command line
207 include options matching the options used when    207 include options matching the options used when we compile the kernel.
208 You can learn what these options are by using     208 You can learn what these options are by using V=1; you could then
209 manually run Coccinelle with debug options add    209 manually run Coccinelle with debug options added.
210                                                   210 
211 Alternatively you can debug running Coccinelle    211 Alternatively you can debug running Coccinelle against SmPL patches
212 by asking for stderr to be redirected to stder    212 by asking for stderr to be redirected to stderr. By default stderr
213 is redirected to /dev/null; if you'd like to c    213 is redirected to /dev/null; if you'd like to capture stderr you
214 can specify the ``DEBUG_FILE="file.txt"`` opti    214 can specify the ``DEBUG_FILE="file.txt"`` option to coccicheck. For
215 instance::                                        215 instance::
216                                                   216 
217     rm -f cocci.err                               217     rm -f cocci.err
218     make coccicheck COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/f    218     make coccicheck COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/free/kfree.cocci MODE=report DEBUG_FILE=cocci.err
219     cat cocci.err                                 219     cat cocci.err
220                                                   220 
221 You can use SPFLAGS to add debugging flags; fo    221 You can use SPFLAGS to add debugging flags; for instance you may want to
222 add both ``--profile --show-trying`` to SPFLAG !! 222 add both --profile --show-trying to SPFLAGS when debugging. For example
223 you may want to use::                             223 you may want to use::
224                                                   224 
225     rm -f err.log                                 225     rm -f err.log
226     export COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/misc/irqf_    226     export COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/misc/irqf_oneshot.cocci
227     make coccicheck DEBUG_FILE="err.log" MODE=    227     make coccicheck DEBUG_FILE="err.log" MODE=report SPFLAGS="--profile --show-trying" M=./drivers/mfd
228                                                   228 
229 err.log will now have the profiling informatio    229 err.log will now have the profiling information, while stdout will
230 provide some progress information as Coccinell    230 provide some progress information as Coccinelle moves forward with
231 work.                                             231 work.
232                                                   232 
233 NOTE:                                             233 NOTE:
234                                                   234 
235 DEBUG_FILE support is only supported when usin    235 DEBUG_FILE support is only supported when using coccinelle >= 1.0.2.
236                                                   236 
237 Currently, DEBUG_FILE support is only availabl    237 Currently, DEBUG_FILE support is only available to check folders, and
238 not single files. This is because checking a s    238 not single files. This is because checking a single file requires spatch
239 to be called twice leading to DEBUG_FILE being    239 to be called twice leading to DEBUG_FILE being set both times to the same value,
240 giving rise to an error.                          240 giving rise to an error.
241                                                   241 
242 .cocciconfig support                              242 .cocciconfig support
243 --------------------                              243 --------------------
244                                                   244 
245 Coccinelle supports reading .cocciconfig for d    245 Coccinelle supports reading .cocciconfig for default Coccinelle options that
246 should be used every time spatch is spawned. T    246 should be used every time spatch is spawned. The order of precedence for
247 variables for .cocciconfig is as follows:         247 variables for .cocciconfig is as follows:
248                                                   248 
249 - Your current user's home directory is proces    249 - Your current user's home directory is processed first
250 - Your directory from which spatch is called i    250 - Your directory from which spatch is called is processed next
251 - The directory provided with the ``--dir`` op !! 251 - The directory provided with the --dir option is processed last, if used
252                                                   252 
253 Since coccicheck runs through make, it natural    253 Since coccicheck runs through make, it naturally runs from the kernel
254 proper dir; as such the second rule above woul    254 proper dir; as such the second rule above would be implied for picking up a
255 .cocciconfig when using ``make coccicheck``.      255 .cocciconfig when using ``make coccicheck``.
256                                                   256 
257 ``make coccicheck`` also supports using M= tar    257 ``make coccicheck`` also supports using M= targets. If you do not supply
258 any M= target, it is assumed you want to targe    258 any M= target, it is assumed you want to target the entire kernel.
259 The kernel coccicheck script has::                259 The kernel coccicheck script has::
260                                                   260 
261     if [ "$KBUILD_EXTMOD" = "" ] ; then           261     if [ "$KBUILD_EXTMOD" = "" ] ; then
262         OPTIONS="--dir $srctree $COCCIINCLUDE"    262         OPTIONS="--dir $srctree $COCCIINCLUDE"
263     else                                          263     else
264         OPTIONS="--dir $KBUILD_EXTMOD $COCCIIN    264         OPTIONS="--dir $KBUILD_EXTMOD $COCCIINCLUDE"
265     fi                                            265     fi
266                                                   266 
267 KBUILD_EXTMOD is set when an explicit target w    267 KBUILD_EXTMOD is set when an explicit target with M= is used. For both cases
268 the spatch ``--dir`` argument is used, as such !! 268 the spatch --dir argument is used, as such third rule applies when whether M=
269 M= is used or not, and when M= is used the tar !! 269 is used or not, and when M= is used the target directory can have its own
270 .cocciconfig file. When M= is not passed as an    270 .cocciconfig file. When M= is not passed as an argument to coccicheck the
271 target directory is the same as the directory     271 target directory is the same as the directory from where spatch was called.
272                                                   272 
273 If not using the kernel's coccicheck target, k    273 If not using the kernel's coccicheck target, keep the above precedence
274 order logic of .cocciconfig reading. If using     274 order logic of .cocciconfig reading. If using the kernel's coccicheck target,
275 override any of the kernel's .coccicheck's set    275 override any of the kernel's .coccicheck's settings using SPFLAGS.
276                                                   276 
277 We help Coccinelle when used against Linux wit    277 We help Coccinelle when used against Linux with a set of sensible default
278 options for Linux with our own Linux .coccicon    278 options for Linux with our own Linux .cocciconfig. This hints to coccinelle
279 that git can be used for ``git grep`` queries     279 that git can be used for ``git grep`` queries over coccigrep. A timeout of 200
280 seconds should suffice for now.                   280 seconds should suffice for now.
281                                                   281 
282 The options picked up by coccinelle when readi    282 The options picked up by coccinelle when reading a .cocciconfig do not appear
283 as arguments to spatch processes running on yo    283 as arguments to spatch processes running on your system. To confirm what
284 options will be used by Coccinelle run::          284 options will be used by Coccinelle run::
285                                                   285 
286       spatch --print-options-only                 286       spatch --print-options-only
287                                                   287 
288 You can override with your own preferred index    288 You can override with your own preferred index option by using SPFLAGS. Take
289 note that when there are conflicting options C    289 note that when there are conflicting options Coccinelle takes precedence for
290 the last options passed. Using .cocciconfig is    290 the last options passed. Using .cocciconfig is possible to use idutils, however
291 given the order of precedence followed by Cocc    291 given the order of precedence followed by Coccinelle, since the kernel now
292 carries its own .cocciconfig, you will need to    292 carries its own .cocciconfig, you will need to use SPFLAGS to use idutils if
293 desired. See below section "Additional flags"     293 desired. See below section "Additional flags" for more details on how to use
294 idutils.                                          294 idutils.
295                                                   295 
296 Additional flags                                  296 Additional flags
297 ----------------                                  297 ----------------
298                                                   298 
299 Additional flags can be passed to spatch throu    299 Additional flags can be passed to spatch through the SPFLAGS
300 variable. This works as Coccinelle respects th    300 variable. This works as Coccinelle respects the last flags
301 given to it when options are in conflict. ::      301 given to it when options are in conflict. ::
302                                                   302 
303     make SPFLAGS=--use-glimpse coccicheck         303     make SPFLAGS=--use-glimpse coccicheck
304                                                   304 
305 Coccinelle supports idutils as well but requir    305 Coccinelle supports idutils as well but requires coccinelle >= 1.0.6.
306 When no ID file is specified coccinelle assume    306 When no ID file is specified coccinelle assumes your ID database file
307 is in the file .id-utils.index on the top leve    307 is in the file .id-utils.index on the top level of the kernel. Coccinelle
308 carries a script scripts/idutils_index.sh whic    308 carries a script scripts/idutils_index.sh which creates the database with::
309                                                   309 
310     mkid -i C --output .id-utils.index            310     mkid -i C --output .id-utils.index
311                                                   311 
312 If you have another database filename you can     312 If you have another database filename you can also just symlink with this
313 name. ::                                          313 name. ::
314                                                   314 
315     make SPFLAGS=--use-idutils coccicheck         315     make SPFLAGS=--use-idutils coccicheck
316                                                   316 
317 Alternatively you can specify the database fil    317 Alternatively you can specify the database filename explicitly, for
318 instance::                                        318 instance::
319                                                   319 
320     make SPFLAGS="--use-idutils /full-path/to/    320     make SPFLAGS="--use-idutils /full-path/to/ID" coccicheck
321                                                   321 
322 See ``spatch --help`` to learn more about spat    322 See ``spatch --help`` to learn more about spatch options.
323                                                   323 
324 Note that the ``--use-glimpse`` and ``--use-id    324 Note that the ``--use-glimpse`` and ``--use-idutils`` options
325 require external tools for indexing the code.     325 require external tools for indexing the code. None of them is
326 thus active by default. However, by indexing t    326 thus active by default. However, by indexing the code with
327 one of these tools, and according to the cocci    327 one of these tools, and according to the cocci file used,
328 spatch could proceed the entire code base more    328 spatch could proceed the entire code base more quickly.
329                                                   329 
330 SmPL patch specific options                       330 SmPL patch specific options
331 ---------------------------                       331 ---------------------------
332                                                   332 
333 SmPL patches can have their own requirements f    333 SmPL patches can have their own requirements for options passed
334 to Coccinelle. SmPL patch-specific options can    334 to Coccinelle. SmPL patch-specific options can be provided by
335 providing them at the top of the SmPL patch, f    335 providing them at the top of the SmPL patch, for instance::
336                                                   336 
337         // Options: --no-includes --include-he    337         // Options: --no-includes --include-headers
338                                                   338 
339 SmPL patch Coccinelle requirements                339 SmPL patch Coccinelle requirements
340 ----------------------------------                340 ----------------------------------
341                                                   341 
342 As Coccinelle features get added some more adv    342 As Coccinelle features get added some more advanced SmPL patches
343 may require newer versions of Coccinelle. If a    343 may require newer versions of Coccinelle. If an SmPL patch requires
344 a minimum version of Coccinelle, this can be s    344 a minimum version of Coccinelle, this can be specified as follows,
345 as an example if requiring at least Coccinelle    345 as an example if requiring at least Coccinelle >= 1.0.5::
346                                                   346 
347         // Requires: 1.0.5                        347         // Requires: 1.0.5
348                                                   348 
349 Proposing new semantic patches                    349 Proposing new semantic patches
350 ------------------------------                    350 ------------------------------
351                                                   351 
352 New semantic patches can be proposed and submi    352 New semantic patches can be proposed and submitted by kernel
353 developers. For sake of clarity, they should b    353 developers. For sake of clarity, they should be organized in the
354 sub-directories of ``scripts/coccinelle/``.       354 sub-directories of ``scripts/coccinelle/``.
355                                                   355 
356                                                   356 
357 Detailed description of the ``report`` mode       357 Detailed description of the ``report`` mode
358 -------------------------------------------       358 -------------------------------------------
359                                                   359 
360 ``report`` generates a list in the following f    360 ``report`` generates a list in the following format::
361                                                   361 
362   file:line:column-column: message                362   file:line:column-column: message
363                                                   363 
364 Example                                           364 Example
365 ~~~~~~~                                           365 ~~~~~~~
366                                                   366 
367 Running::                                         367 Running::
368                                                   368 
369         make coccicheck MODE=report COCCI=scri    369         make coccicheck MODE=report COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/api/err_cast.cocci
370                                                   370 
371 will execute the following part of the SmPL sc    371 will execute the following part of the SmPL script::
372                                                   372 
373    <smpl>                                         373    <smpl>
374    @r depends on !context && !patch && (org ||    374    @r depends on !context && !patch && (org || report)@
375    expression x;                                  375    expression x;
376    position p;                                    376    position p;
377    @@                                             377    @@
378                                                   378 
379      ERR_PTR@p(PTR_ERR(x))                        379      ERR_PTR@p(PTR_ERR(x))
380                                                   380 
381    @script:python depends on report@              381    @script:python depends on report@
382    p << r.p;                                      382    p << r.p;
383    x << r.x;                                      383    x << r.x;
384    @@                                             384    @@
385                                                   385 
386    msg="ERR_CAST can be used with %s" % (x)       386    msg="ERR_CAST can be used with %s" % (x)
387    coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)        387    coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)
388    </smpl>                                        388    </smpl>
389                                                   389 
390 This SmPL excerpt generates entries on the sta    390 This SmPL excerpt generates entries on the standard output, as
391 illustrated below::                               391 illustrated below::
392                                                   392 
393     /home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c:188:9-16: ER    393     /home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c:188:9-16: ERR_CAST can be used with alg
394     /home/user/linux/crypto/authenc.c:619:9-16    394     /home/user/linux/crypto/authenc.c:619:9-16: ERR_CAST can be used with auth
395     /home/user/linux/crypto/xts.c:227:9-16: ER    395     /home/user/linux/crypto/xts.c:227:9-16: ERR_CAST can be used with alg
396                                                   396 
397                                                   397 
398 Detailed description of the ``patch`` mode        398 Detailed description of the ``patch`` mode
399 ------------------------------------------        399 ------------------------------------------
400                                                   400 
401 When the ``patch`` mode is available, it propo    401 When the ``patch`` mode is available, it proposes a fix for each problem
402 identified.                                       402 identified.
403                                                   403 
404 Example                                           404 Example
405 ~~~~~~~                                           405 ~~~~~~~
406                                                   406 
407 Running::                                         407 Running::
408                                                   408 
409         make coccicheck MODE=patch COCCI=scrip    409         make coccicheck MODE=patch COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/api/err_cast.cocci
410                                                   410 
411 will execute the following part of the SmPL sc    411 will execute the following part of the SmPL script::
412                                                   412 
413     <smpl>                                        413     <smpl>
414     @ depends on !context && patch && !org &&     414     @ depends on !context && patch && !org && !report @
415     expression x;                                 415     expression x;
416     @@                                            416     @@
417                                                   417 
418     - ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))                         418     - ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))
419     + ERR_CAST(x)                                 419     + ERR_CAST(x)
420     </smpl>                                       420     </smpl>
421                                                   421 
422 This SmPL excerpt generates patch hunks on the    422 This SmPL excerpt generates patch hunks on the standard output, as
423 illustrated below::                               423 illustrated below::
424                                                   424 
425     diff -u -p a/crypto/ctr.c b/crypto/ctr.c      425     diff -u -p a/crypto/ctr.c b/crypto/ctr.c
426     --- a/crypto/ctr.c 2010-05-26 10:49:38.000    426     --- a/crypto/ctr.c 2010-05-26 10:49:38.000000000 +0200
427     +++ b/crypto/ctr.c 2010-06-03 23:44:49.000    427     +++ b/crypto/ctr.c 2010-06-03 23:44:49.000000000 +0200
428     @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static struct crypto_i    428     @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static struct crypto_instance *crypto_ct
429         alg = crypto_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_AL    429         alg = crypto_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER,
430                                   CRYPTO_ALG_T    430                                   CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
431         if (IS_ERR(alg))                          431         if (IS_ERR(alg))
432     -           return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg));     432     -           return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg));
433     +           return ERR_CAST(alg);             433     +           return ERR_CAST(alg);
434                                                   434 
435         /* Block size must be >= 4 bytes. */      435         /* Block size must be >= 4 bytes. */
436         err = -EINVAL;                            436         err = -EINVAL;
437                                                   437 
438 Detailed description of the ``context`` mode      438 Detailed description of the ``context`` mode
439 --------------------------------------------      439 --------------------------------------------
440                                                   440 
441 ``context`` highlights lines of interest and t    441 ``context`` highlights lines of interest and their context
442 in a diff-like style.                             442 in a diff-like style.
443                                                   443 
444       **NOTE**: The diff-like output generated    444       **NOTE**: The diff-like output generated is NOT an applicable patch. The
445       intent of the ``context`` mode is to hig    445       intent of the ``context`` mode is to highlight the important lines
446       (annotated with minus, ``-``) and gives     446       (annotated with minus, ``-``) and gives some surrounding context
447       lines around. This output can be used wi    447       lines around. This output can be used with the diff mode of
448       Emacs to review the code.                   448       Emacs to review the code.
449                                                   449 
450 Example                                           450 Example
451 ~~~~~~~                                           451 ~~~~~~~
452                                                   452 
453 Running::                                         453 Running::
454                                                   454 
455         make coccicheck MODE=context COCCI=scr    455         make coccicheck MODE=context COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/api/err_cast.cocci
456                                                   456 
457 will execute the following part of the SmPL sc    457 will execute the following part of the SmPL script::
458                                                   458 
459     <smpl>                                        459     <smpl>
460     @ depends on context && !patch && !org &&     460     @ depends on context && !patch && !org && !report@
461     expression x;                                 461     expression x;
462     @@                                            462     @@
463                                                   463 
464     * ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))                         464     * ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))
465     </smpl>                                       465     </smpl>
466                                                   466 
467 This SmPL excerpt generates diff hunks on the     467 This SmPL excerpt generates diff hunks on the standard output, as
468 illustrated below::                               468 illustrated below::
469                                                   469 
470     diff -u -p /home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c /    470     diff -u -p /home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c /tmp/nothing
471     --- /home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c   2010-0    471     --- /home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c   2010-05-26 10:49:38.000000000 +0200
472     +++ /tmp/nothing                              472     +++ /tmp/nothing
473     @@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static struct crypto_i    473     @@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static struct crypto_instance *crypto_ct
474         alg = crypto_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_AL    474         alg = crypto_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER,
475                                   CRYPTO_ALG_T    475                                   CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
476         if (IS_ERR(alg))                          476         if (IS_ERR(alg))
477     -           return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg));     477     -           return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg));
478                                                   478 
479         /* Block size must be >= 4 bytes. */      479         /* Block size must be >= 4 bytes. */
480         err = -EINVAL;                            480         err = -EINVAL;
481                                                   481 
482 Detailed description of the ``org`` mode          482 Detailed description of the ``org`` mode
483 ----------------------------------------          483 ----------------------------------------
484                                                   484 
485 ``org`` generates a report in the Org mode for    485 ``org`` generates a report in the Org mode format of Emacs.
486                                                   486 
487 Example                                           487 Example
488 ~~~~~~~                                           488 ~~~~~~~
489                                                   489 
490 Running::                                         490 Running::
491                                                   491 
492         make coccicheck MODE=org COCCI=scripts    492         make coccicheck MODE=org COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/api/err_cast.cocci
493                                                   493 
494 will execute the following part of the SmPL sc    494 will execute the following part of the SmPL script::
495                                                   495 
496     <smpl>                                        496     <smpl>
497     @r depends on !context && !patch && (org |    497     @r depends on !context && !patch && (org || report)@
498     expression x;                                 498     expression x;
499     position p;                                   499     position p;
500     @@                                            500     @@
501                                                   501 
502       ERR_PTR@p(PTR_ERR(x))                       502       ERR_PTR@p(PTR_ERR(x))
503                                                   503 
504     @script:python depends on org@                504     @script:python depends on org@
505     p << r.p;                                     505     p << r.p;
506     x << r.x;                                     506     x << r.x;
507     @@                                            507     @@
508                                                   508 
509     msg="ERR_CAST can be used with %s" % (x)      509     msg="ERR_CAST can be used with %s" % (x)
510     msg_safe=msg.replace("[","@(").replace("]"    510     msg_safe=msg.replace("[","@(").replace("]",")")
511     coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], msg_safe)       511     coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], msg_safe)
512     </smpl>                                       512     </smpl>
513                                                   513 
514 This SmPL excerpt generates Org entries on the    514 This SmPL excerpt generates Org entries on the standard output, as
515 illustrated below::                               515 illustrated below::
516                                                   516 
517     * TODO [[view:/home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.    517     * TODO [[view:/home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c::face=ovl-face1::linb=188::colb=9::cole=16][ERR_CAST can be used with alg]]
518     * TODO [[view:/home/user/linux/crypto/auth    518     * TODO [[view:/home/user/linux/crypto/authenc.c::face=ovl-face1::linb=619::colb=9::cole=16][ERR_CAST can be used with auth]]
519     * TODO [[view:/home/user/linux/crypto/xts.    519     * TODO [[view:/home/user/linux/crypto/xts.c::face=ovl-face1::linb=227::colb=9::cole=16][ERR_CAST can be used with alg]]
                                                      

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