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Coccinelle: Update documentation 

- Add information about use of the C={1,2} make flag
 - Add a description of the new chain mode mechanism
 - Add a link to the wiki

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix.work@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
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@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ of many distributions, e.g. :
You can get the latest version released from the Coccinelle homepage at
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
Information and tips about Coccinelle are also provided on the wiki
pages at http://cocci.ekstranet.diku.dk/wiki/doku.php
Once you have it, run the following command:
./configure
@ -41,20 +44,22 @@ A Coccinelle-specific target is defined in the top level
Makefile. This target is named 'coccicheck' and calls the 'coccicheck'
front-end in the 'scripts' directory.
Four modes are defined: report, patch, context, and org. The mode to
Four modes are defined: patch, report, context, and org. The mode to
use is specified by setting the MODE variable with 'MODE=<mode>'.
'patch' proposes a fix, when possible.
'report' generates a list in the following format:
file:line:column-column: message
'patch' proposes a fix, when possible.
'context' highlights lines of interest and their context in a
diff-like style.Lines of interest are indicated with '-'.
'org' generates a report in the Org mode format of Emacs.
Note that not all semantic patches implement all modes.
Note that not all semantic patches implement all modes. For easy use
of Coccinelle, the default mode is "chain" which tries the previous
modes in the order above until one succeeds.
To make a report for every semantic patch, run the following command:
@ -68,9 +73,9 @@ To produce patches, run:
The coccicheck target applies every semantic patch available in the
subdirectories of 'scripts/coccinelle' to the entire Linux kernel.
sub-directories of 'scripts/coccinelle' to the entire Linux kernel.
For each semantic patch, a changelog message is proposed. It gives a
For each semantic patch, a commit message is proposed. It gives a
description of the problem being checked by the semantic patch, and
includes a reference to Coccinelle.
@ -93,12 +98,35 @@ or
make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MODE=report
Using Coccinelle on (modified) files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the
following command may be used:
make C=1 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck"
To check only newly edited code, use the value 2 for the C flag, i.e.
make C=2 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck"
This runs every semantic patch in scripts/coccinelle by default. The
COCCI variable may additionally be used to only apply a single
semantic patch as shown in the previous section.
The "chain" mode is the default. You can select another one with the
MODE variable explained above.
In this mode, there is no information about semantic patches
displayed, and no commit message proposed.
Proposing new semantic patches
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New semantic patches can be proposed and submitted by kernel
developers. For sake of clarity, they should be organized in the
subdirectories of 'scripts/coccinelle/'.
sub-directories of 'scripts/coccinelle/'.
Detailed description of the 'report' mode