On Thu, 27 Aug 2026, Markus Elfring wrote:

> > Replace "expression" with "identifier" in the declaration of hdev.
> > This is necessary because hdev is used as the name of a function
> > parameter.
> …
> > +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/hid/ff_race.cocci
> …
> > -@r@
> > +@r exists@
> >  identifier probe_fn;
> > -expression hdev, flags;
> > +identifier hdev;
>
> May the following SmPL code variant be applied?
>
>  identifier hdev, probe_fn;

Yes, but it doesn't matter.

>
>
> > +expression flags;
> >  position p1, p2;
> >  @@
> >
> >  probe_fn(struct hid_device *hdev, ...) {
> > -  <...
> > +  ... when any
> >    hid_hw_start@p1(hdev, flags)
> >    ...
> > -  \(input_ff_create\|input_ff_create_memless\)@p2(...)
> > -  ...>
> > +  \(input_ff_create@p2\|input_ff_create_memless@p2\)(...)
>
> How do you think about to use the following SmPL code variation?
>
> (input_ff_create@p2
> |input_ff_create_memless@p2
> )(...)

I find this completely unreadable.

julia

>
>
> > +  ... when any
> >  }
> >
> >  @script:python depends on report@
>
> Regards,
> Markus
>