Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: adjust the confidence of uninitialized_var.cocci

[Julia Lawall]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2021, Qing Wang wrote:

> From: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Since uninitialized_var() was removed, this cocci should reset its
> confidence to low.

I'm not sure to understand the argument for this one.  The semantic patch
in its current state is looking for declarations that hide an
uninitialized variable.  The part about the uninitialized_var macro is not
there any more.  The problem that is searched for seems reasonable to
address.

julia

>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  scripts/coccinelle/misc/uninitialized_var.cocci | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/uninitialized_var.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/uninitialized_var.cocci
> index 69bbaae..79e02e3
> --- a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/uninitialized_var.cocci
> +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/uninitialized_var.cocci
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
>  /// this kind were cleaned-up from the kernel. This cocci rule checks that
>  /// the macro is not explicitly or implicitly reintroduced.
>  ///
> -// Confidence: High
> +// Confidence: Low
>  // Copyright: (C) 2020 Denis Efremov ISPRAS
>  // Options: --no-includes --include-headers
>  //
> --
> 2.7.4
>
>