Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Coccinelle: fix typos and command example | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Date | Wed, 1 Jul 2020 06:20:34 -0700 |
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On 7/1/20 4:56 AM, Markus Elfring wrote: >>> … >>>> +++ linux-next-20200629/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst >>> … >>>> @@ -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 > … >>> We might stumble on different interpretations according to the wording “file basis”. >>> Do you find a message like “make: Nothing to be done for 'path/to/file.c'.” 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 > … >> Feel free to submit patches. > > How do you think about to use the following command variant > for the adjustment of the software documentation? > > + make C=1 CHECK='scripts/coccicheck' 'path/to/file.o' >
I don't understand the reason for that change...
-- ~Randy
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