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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 2 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst index 94f41c290bfc..aa14f05cabb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst @@ -30,18 +30,29 @@ of many distributions, e.g. : - NetBSD - FreeBSD -You can get the latest version released from the Coccinelle homepage at +Some distribution packages are obsolete and it is recommended +to use the latest version released from the Coccinelle homepage at http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/ -Once you have it, run the following command:: +Or from Github at: - ./configure +https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle + +Once you have it, run the following commands:: + + ./autogen + ./configure make as a regular user, and install it with:: sudo make install +More detailed installation instructions to build from source can be +found at: + +https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/master/install.txt + Supplemental documentation --------------------------- @@ -51,6 +62,10 @@ https://bottest.wiki.kernel.org/coccicheck The wiki documentation always refers to the linux-next version of the script. +For Semantic Patch Language(SmPL) grammar documentation refer to: + +http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/documentation.php + Using Coccinelle on the Linux kernel ------------------------------------ @@ -223,7 +238,7 @@ Since coccicheck runs through make, it naturally runs from the kernel proper dir, as such the second rule above would be implied for picking up a .cocciconfig when using ``make coccicheck``. -``make coccicheck`` also supports using M= targets.If you do not supply +``make coccicheck`` also supports using M= targets. If you do not supply any M= target, it is assumed you want to target the entire kernel. The kernel coccicheck script has:: diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index 6f653acea248..dad1bb8711e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Contributing new tests (details) * If a test needs specific kernel config options enabled, add a config file in the test directory to enable them. - e.g: tools/testing/selftests/android/ion/config + e.g: tools/testing/selftests/android/config Test Harness ============ |
