Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Coccinelle: fix typos and command example

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Jun 30 2020 - 08:23:36 EST


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> +++ linux-next-20200629/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst
â> @@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ For example, to check drivers/net/wirele
> To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the
> following command may be used::
>
> - make C=1 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck"
> + make C=1 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck" path/to/file.c

I would like to clarify further software design aspects around such make functionality.

We might stumble on different interpretations according to the wording âfile basisâ.
Do you find a message like âmake: Nothing to be done for 'path/to/file.c'.â interesting then?

* Would you like to add any links for information around the support for
source code checkers?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Makefile?id=7c30b859a947535f2213277e827d7ac7dcff9c84#n198

* How do you think about to enclose the path for the shown parameter
by single quotes instead of double quotes?

* Can such path specifications become more interesting occasionally
if also an other file extension would be chosen than â.câ?
Would you like to achieve any software extensions around suffix rules?

Regards,
Markus