Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: Script to remove unnecessary static on local variables

[Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>]

On Thu, 27 Jul 2017, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:

> Coccinelle script to remove unnecessary static on local variables when
> the variables are not used before update.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>

Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>

> ---
>  scripts/coccinelle/misc/static_unnecessary.cocci | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 89 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/misc/static_unnecessary.cocci
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/static_unnecessary.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/static_unnecessary.cocci
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..79fc899
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/static_unnecessary.cocci
> @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
> +/// Drop static on local variable when the variable is not used before update.
> +//# NOTE: Be aware that if a large object is initialized all at once, it might
> +//# not be wise to remove the static because that would increase the risk of a
> +//# stack overflow.
> +///
> +// Confidence: Moderate
> +// Copyright: (C) 2017 Julia Lawall, Inria. GPLv2.
> +// Copyright: (C) 2017 Gustavo A. R. Silva, Core Infrastructure Initiative.
> +// Copyright: (C) 2017 GPLv2.
> +// URL: http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
> +// Options: --no-includes --include-headers
> +// Keywords: static
> +
> +virtual patch
> +virtual context
> +virtual org
> +virtual report
> +
> +// <smpl>
> +@bad exists@
> +position p;
> +identifier x;
> +expression e;
> +type T;
> +@@
> +
> +static T x@p;
> +... when != x = e
> +x = <+...x...+>
> +
> +@worse exists@
> +position p;
> +identifier x;
> +type T;
> +@@
> +
> +static T x@p;
> +...
> + &x
> +
> +@modify depends on patch && !context && !org && !report@
> +identifier x;
> +expression e;
> +type T;
> +position p != {bad.p,worse.p};
> +@@
> +
> +-static
> + T x@p;
> + ... when != x
> +     when strict
> +?x = e;
> +// </smpl>
> +
> +
> +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +@modify_context depends on !patch && (context || org || report) forall@
> +type T;
> +identifier x;
> +expression e;
> +position p != {bad.p,worse.p};
> +position j0;
> +@@
> +
> +* static
> + T x@j0@p;
> + ... when != x
> +     when strict
> +?x = e;
> +
> +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +@script:python modify_org depends on org@
> +j0 << modify_context.j0;
> +@@
> +
> +msg = "Unnecessary static on local variable."
> +coccilib.org.print_todo(j0[0], msg)
> +
> +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +@script:python modify_report depends on report@
> +j0 << modify_context.j0;
> +@@
> +
> +msg = "Unnecessary static on local variable."
> +coccilib.report.print_report(j0[0], msg)
> +
> --
> 2.5.0
>
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