Re: cocci script hints request

[Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 11:56:20AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2021, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to improve the following coccinelle script:
> >
> > @@
> > expression a, fmt;
> > expression list var_args;
> > @@
> >
> > -       DBG_871X_LEVEL(a, fmt, var_args);
> > +       printk(fmt, var_args);
> >
> > I would  replace the DBG_871X_LEVEL macro with printk, but
> > I can't find a way to add KERN_* constant prefix to the fmt
> > argument in the + code line. If i try this
> >
> > @@
> > expression a, fmt;
> > expression list var_args;
> > @@
> >
> > -       DBG_871X_LEVEL(a, fmt, var_args);
> > +       printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, var_args);
> >
> > plus: parse error:
> >   File "../test.cocci", line 94, column 20, charpos = 1171
> >   around = 'fmt',
> >   whole content = +	printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, var_args);
> >
> > how could I do this?
> 
> Although I certainly agree with Greg, I'll answer the question from a
> technical point of view.
> 
> I'm not sure that that kind of compound string is supported for a
> metavariable.  It is possible to get around this problem using a python
> script.  If you ever need to do this for a better reason, you can take a
> look at demos/pythontococci.cocci in the Coccinelle source code
> distribution.
> 
> julia

thank you, this helps a lot!

fabio