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SubjectRe: [v4] coccinelle: semantic patch for missing put_device()


On Fri, 15 Feb 2019, Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> So I plan to modify the following to capture both cases:
> >> -local idexpression id;
> >> +expression id;
> >
> > I'm not sure that this is a good idea.
>
> Why have you got doubts here?
>
>
> > There is likely no need for a put in the latter case.
>
> I have got understanding difficulties for such information.
> What did you try to express with this sentence finally?

The whole goal of the semantic patch is to ensure that put_device is
called when needed. If the value is stored in a structure, then someone
else will likely take care of calling put_device later when the structure
is destroyed.

julia

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