From: "Linus Probert" <linus.probert@gmail.com>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>,
"Kernel Janitors List" <kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: more potential janitor work: simplifying test for power of 2
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:16:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DHHT7K60IORC.2DG3PT7PB2OSO@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <888a08d7-1d0b-f114-dd3d-e840f16c8803@crashcourse.ca>
On Tue Mar 31, 2026 at 1:49 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
[...]
> Lots of simplification there if one wants some janitor work; I don't
> see a coccinelle test for this.
I'll definitely take a look.
I've only ever used coccinelle, never written any scritps for it. But
for these kinds of things, is it valuable to introduce such tests?
Or are they involved in any form of automated testing? I assume we don't
want to wile up an angry mob of maintainers.
Br,
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-01 12:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-31 11:49 more potential janitor work: simplifying test for power of 2 Robert P. J. Day
2026-04-01 12:16 ` Linus Probert [this message]
2026-04-02 9:50 ` Linus Probert
2026-04-02 10:07 ` Julia Lawall
2026-04-02 11:57 ` Linus Probert
2026-04-02 12:40 ` Robert P. J. Day
2026-04-02 13:04 ` Linus Probert
2026-04-02 13:21 ` Robert P. J. Day
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