Re: [PATCH v2] coccinelle: Detect clk_register() anti-pattern

[Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>]

> > > +@depends on context@
> > > +expression clk;
> > > +identifier voidfn =~ "^(dev_err|dev_warn|pr_err|pr_warn)$";
> > > +@@
> > > +
> > > +clk = \(clk_register\|devm_clk_register\)(...);
> > > +if ( IS_ERR(clk) )
> > > +{
> > > +...
> > > +*voidfn(...);
> > > +...
> > > +}
> >
> > This will only match an if with a then branch, no else branch.  There is
> > actually one case in the kernel where there is a relevant if with an else
> > branch, so you may as well extend this to match that cas too.  If you just
> > add else S, where S is a statement metavariable that is not used
> > elsewhere, then it will match either the case with an else or the case
> > with a then branch only.
> >
> > Likewise for the other rules.
>
> Done, thank you for catching the edge case which I'm guessing is
> drivers/media/platform/microchip/microchip-isc-clk.c.

Yes, that's the one.

julia