Re: [cocci] Checking another deletion of redundant null pointer checks (with SmPL)?

[Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>]

> Could yo uplease make a small effort to make your reports understandable?

Why do the presented test commands trigger undesirable understanding difficulties?


> 1) I don't ned to know the paths of your files?  This adds a lot of
> clutter that makes it hard to find the important information.

I find the mentioned test data relevant for further clarifications.


> 2) The proper scientific method is to cange only one thing at a time.

There are two data processing results to compare.


> You seem tohave changed two things 1: in one case you give the specific file name

Something looks reasonable.


> andin the second case you use the whole Linux kernel directory,

Yes.

The mentioned log file contains the following information then:
“…
7675 files match
…”

May I expect that a file name like “./drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c”
should occur there?


> and 2; in one case you are using linux-next from a specific date andin the
> other case there is no information about what kernel version you are
> using.

The mentioned test cases refer to the same Linux development repository.

Regards,
Markus