Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > It is too much to ask "kernel-lint" to puzzle through page cache flag
> > arcana for example, but I can think of a ton of simple things that a
> > kernel-lint tool could scan for that would be useful..
> > [...]
> > It's still a tall order to handle simple stuff like this..
> indeed a tall order.
I just remembered that Antlr, successor to PCCTS, takes regex-like code
as input, and allows you to walk/parse the semantic tree using
regex-like constructs. Its power makes writing a kernel-lint much
easier. But then, that requires fleshing out Antlr's current C grammar
before any useful tree parsing can be done. :)
> But what is more simple is perhaps to put these rules
> in a text file Documentation/CodingRules and let humans regularly go
> through the file and tidy/fix kernel code up if they have time.
Not a bad idea
> which are not bugs like on your list, but are there to maintain coherent
> and uniform state of the kernel code despite it being written by different
> humans.
FWIW the list of things for which kernel-lint would check includes your
list, as well :)
Regards,
Jeff
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