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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-16 23:36:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-16 23:36:07 +0100 |
| commit | 408e057870c8680a50963b08f9f7efaa151a74ec (patch) | |
| tree | 4d4085332d0b1b7e8727cb037dfb206fc1ed538c /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmare... (diff) | |
| parent | scripts/coccinelle: improve the coverage of some semantic patches (diff) | |
| download | linux-408e057870c8680a50963b08f9f7efaa151a74ec.tar.xz linux-408e057870c8680a50963b08f9f7efaa151a74ec.zip | |
Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild
* 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild:
scripts/coccinelle: improve the coverage of some semantic patches
coccinelle: semantic patches related to devm_ functions (part 2)
coccinelle: semantic patches related to devm_ functions (part 1)
coccinelle.txt: update documentation to include M= option
coccicheck: add M= option to control which dir is processed
ctags: remove struct forward declarations
scripts/tags.sh: Add Page flag function magic
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/coccinelle.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt index 96b690348ba1..cf44eb6499b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt +++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt @@ -102,9 +102,15 @@ or make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MODE=report - Using Coccinelle on (modified) files -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Controlling Which Files are Processed by Coccinelle +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +By default the entire kernel source tree is checked. + +To apply Coccinelle to a specific directory, M= can be used. +For example, to check drivers/net/wireless/ one may write: + make coccicheck M=drivers/net/wireless/ + To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the following command may be used: |