From 27b03cf1b772f40f97f5c22dafce668436fb548d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sumera Priyadarsini Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:27:30 +0530 Subject: Documentation: Coccinelle: Improve command example for debugging patches Modify Coccinelle documentation to clarify usage of make command to run coccicheck on a folder. Changes in v2: - Give example of folder instead of file - Add note Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201126075730.w6brpeuviefmsxhl@adolin Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/dev-tools') diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst index 74c5e6aeeff5..9c454de5a7f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst @@ -224,14 +224,21 @@ you may want to use:: rm -f err.log export COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/misc/irqf_oneshot.cocci - make coccicheck DEBUG_FILE="err.log" MODE=report SPFLAGS="--profile --show-trying" M=./drivers/mfd/arizona-irq.c + make coccicheck DEBUG_FILE="err.log" MODE=report SPFLAGS="--profile --show-trying" M=./drivers/mfd err.log will now have the profiling information, while stdout will provide some progress information as Coccinelle moves forward with work. +NOTE: + DEBUG_FILE support is only supported when using coccinelle >= 1.0.2. +Currently, DEBUG_FILE support is only available to check folders, and +not single files. This is because checking a single file requires spatch +to be called twice leading to DEBUG_FILE being set both times to the same value, +giving rise to an error. + .cocciconfig support -------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3