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* 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6:
  scripts/dtc: Fix a resource leak
  Documentation: fix ubuntu distro name
  MAINTAINERS: Update kbuild git URLs
  Add support for the C variable in the coccicheck script
  Add scripts/coccinelle/deref_null.cocci
  Add scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci
  Add scripts/coccinelle/resource_size.cocci
  Add scripts/coccinelle/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci
  Add scripts/coccinelle/alloc/drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci
  Add Documentation/coccinelle.txt
  Add a target to use the Coccinelle checker
  scripts: decodecode: remove bashisms
  Makefile: clarify a comment
  checkkconfigsymbols.sh: Kconfig symbols sometimes have lowercase letters
  scripts: add nconf into gitignore file
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Copyright 2010 Nicolas Palix <npalix@diku.dk>
Copyright 2010 Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Copyright 2010 Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@lip6.fr>


 Getting Coccinelle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The semantic patches included in the kernel use the 'virtual rule'
feature which was introduced in Coccinelle version 0.1.11.

Coccinelle (>=0.2.0) is available through the package manager
of many distributions, e.g. :

 - Debian (>=squeeze)
 - Fedora (>=13)
 - Ubuntu (>=10.04 Lucid Lynx)
 - OpenSUSE
 - Arch Linux
 - NetBSD
 - FreeBSD


You can get the latest version released from the Coccinelle homepage at
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/

Once you have it, run the following command:

     	./configure
        make

as a regular user, and install it with

        sudo make install


 Using Coccinelle on the Linux kernel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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
use is specified by setting the MODE variable with 'MODE=<mode>'.

'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.

To make a report for every semantic patch, run the following command:

	make coccicheck MODE=report

NB: The 'report' mode is the default one.

To produce patches, run:

	make coccicheck MODE=patch


The coccicheck target applies every semantic patch available in the
subdirectories of 'scripts/coccinelle' to the entire Linux kernel.

For each semantic patch, a changelog message is proposed.  It gives a
description of the problem being checked by the semantic patch, and
includes a reference to Coccinelle.

As any static code analyzer, Coccinelle produces false
positives. Thus, reports must be carefully checked, and patches
reviewed.


 Using Coccinelle with a single semantic patch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The optional make variable COCCI can be used to check a single
semantic patch. In that case, the variable must be initialized with
the name of the semantic patch to apply.

For instance:

	make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MODE=patch
or
	make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MODE=report


 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/'.


 Detailed description of the 'report' mode
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'report' generates a list in the following format:
  file:line:column-column: message

Example:

Running

	make coccicheck MODE=report COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci

will execute the following part of the SmPL script.

<smpl>
@r depends on !context && !patch && (org || report)@
expression x;
position p;
@@

 ERR_PTR@p(PTR_ERR(x))

@script:python depends on report@
p << r.p;
x << r.x;
@@

msg="ERR_CAST can be used with %s" % (x)
coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)
</smpl>

This SmPL excerpt generates entries on the standard output, as
illustrated below:

/home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c:188:9-16: ERR_CAST can be used with alg
/home/user/linux/crypto/authenc.c:619:9-16: ERR_CAST can be used with auth
/home/user/linux/crypto/xts.c:227:9-16: ERR_CAST can be used with alg


 Detailed description of the 'patch' mode
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When the 'patch' mode is available, it proposes a fix for each problem
identified.

Example:

Running
	make coccicheck MODE=patch COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci

will execute the following part of the SmPL script.

<smpl>
@ depends on !context && patch && !org && !report @
expression x;
@@

- ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))
+ ERR_CAST(x)
</smpl>

This SmPL excerpt generates patch hunks on the standard output, as
illustrated below:

diff -u -p a/crypto/ctr.c b/crypto/ctr.c
--- a/crypto/ctr.c 2010-05-26 10:49:38.000000000 +0200
+++ b/crypto/ctr.c 2010-06-03 23:44:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static struct crypto_instance *crypto_ct
 	alg = crypto_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER,
 				  CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
 	if (IS_ERR(alg))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg));
+		return ERR_CAST(alg);
 
 	/* Block size must be >= 4 bytes. */
 	err = -EINVAL;

 Detailed description of the 'context' mode
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'context' highlights lines of interest and their context
in a diff-like style.

NOTE: The diff-like output generated is NOT an applicable patch. The
      intent of the 'context' mode is to highlight the important lines
      (annotated with minus, '-') and gives some surrounding context
      lines around. This output can be used with the diff mode of
      Emacs to review the code.

Example:

Running
	make coccicheck MODE=context COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci

will execute the following part of the SmPL script.

<smpl>
@ depends on context && !patch && !org && !report@
expression x;
@@

* ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))
</smpl>

This SmPL excerpt generates diff hunks on the standard output, as
illustrated below:

diff -u -p /home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c /tmp/nothing
--- /home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c	2010-05-26 10:49:38.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/nothing
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static struct crypto_instance *crypto_ct
 	alg = crypto_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER,
 				  CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
 	if (IS_ERR(alg))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg));
 
 	/* Block size must be >= 4 bytes. */
 	err = -EINVAL;

 Detailed description of the 'org' mode
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'org' generates a report in the Org mode format of Emacs.

Example:

Running
	make coccicheck MODE=org COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci

will execute the following part of the SmPL script.

<smpl>
@r depends on !context && !patch && (org || report)@
expression x;
position p;
@@

 ERR_PTR@p(PTR_ERR(x))

@script:python depends on org@
p << r.p;
x << r.x;
@@

msg="ERR_CAST can be used with %s" % (x)
msg_safe=msg.replace("[","@(").replace("]",")")
coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], msg_safe)
</smpl>

This SmPL excerpt generates Org entries on the standard output, as
illustrated below:

* TODO [[view:/home/user/linux/crypto/ctr.c::face=ovl-face1::linb=188::colb=9::cole=16][ERR_CAST can be used with alg]]
* TODO [[view:/home/user/linux/crypto/authenc.c::face=ovl-face1::linb=619::colb=9::cole=16][ERR_CAST can be used with auth]]
* TODO [[view:/home/user/linux/crypto/xts.c::face=ovl-face1::linb=227::colb=9::cole=16][ERR_CAST can be used with alg]]
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@@ -1569,6 +1569,16 @@ L: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
S:	Supported
F:	drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c

COCCINELLE/Semantic Patches (SmPL)
M:	Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
M:	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@lip6.fr>
M:	Nicolas Palix <npalix@diku.dk>
L:	cocci@diku.dk (moderated for non-subscribers)
W:	http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
S:	Supported
F:	scripts/coccinelle/
F:	scripts/coccicheck

CODA FILE SYSTEM
M:	Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu>
M:	coda@cs.cmu.edu
@@ -3266,8 +3276,8 @@ F: fs/autofs4/

KERNEL BUILD + files below scripts/ (unless maintained elsewhere)
M:	Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
T:	git git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuild.git for-next
T:	git git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuild.git for-linus
T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6.git for-next
T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6.git rc-fixes
L:	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
S:	Maintained
F:	Documentation/kbuild/
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@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ endif
# of make so .config is not included in this case either (for *config).

no-dot-config-targets := clean mrproper distclean \
			 cscope TAGS tags help %docs check% \
			 cscope TAGS tags help %docs check% coccicheck \
			 include/linux/version.h headers_% \
			 kernelversion

@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ endif # $(dot-config)
# The all: target is the default when no target is given on the
# command line.
# This allow a user to issue only 'make' to build a kernel including modules
# Defaults vmlinux but it is usually overridden in the arch makefile
# Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets
all: vmlinux

ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
@@ -1219,8 +1219,9 @@ help:
	@echo  '  includecheck    - Check for duplicate included header files'
	@echo  '  export_report   - List the usages of all exported symbols'
	@echo  '  headers_check   - Sanity check on exported headers'
	@echo  '  headerdep       - Detect inclusion cycles in headers'; \
	 echo  ''
	@echo  '  headerdep       - Detect inclusion cycles in headers'
	@$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.help checker-help
	@echo  ''
	@echo  'Kernel packaging:'
	@$(MAKE) $(build)=$(package-dir) help
	@echo  ''
@@ -1379,6 +1380,9 @@ versioncheck:
		-name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
		| xargs $(PERL) -w $(srctree)/scripts/checkversion.pl

coccicheck:
	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/$@

namespacecheck:
	$(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/namespace.pl

scripts/Makefile.help

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checker-help:
	@echo  '  coccicheck      - Check with Coccinelle.'
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ find $paths -name '*.[chS]' -o -name 'Makefile' -o -name 'Makefile*[^~]'| while
do
	# Output the bare Kconfig variable and the filename; the _MODULE part at
	# the end is not removed here (would need perl an not-hungry regexp for that).
	sed -ne 's!^.*\<\(UML_\)\?CONFIG_\([0-9A-Z_]\+\).*!\2 '$i'!p' < $i
	sed -ne 's!^.*\<\(UML_\)\?CONFIG_\([0-9A-Za-z_]\+\).*!\2 '$i'!p' < $i
done | \
# Smart "sort|uniq" implemented in awk and tuned to collect the names of all
# files which use a given symbol
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