On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 6:00 AM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> wrote:

> > Basically, I intend to replace alls "%s" called with "mydata->name" by
> "%m" with "mydata" or "&mydata"
>
> How far would you get the desired source code transformation based on
> software extensions around a search pattern like the following.
> ..........
> Which algorithm will become sufficient for your data processing needs
> around the usage of functions with variadic arguments because of format
> strings?
>
>
Actually, I really didn't get why you're asking about that. because we are
talking about X and you're asking for Y. but, either way. that is not the
point. the point is because I am studying about the Coccinelle and I am
just trying to figure out if the tool could detect "%s" called with
"mydata->name" and then replace by "%m" and remove the "->name"

e.g: Once if we have:

int foo() {
  int id;
  struct mydata h1, *h2, s1, *s2;
  char *city = "Hello";
  my_printf("%s", s2->name);
  my_printf("hi hi %s gggg", h1.name);
  my_printf("1234 %d *%s* @ %d *%s* | *%s* -> city=%s", id, *s1.name
<http://s1.name>*, 12, *(*h2).name*, *h2->name*, city);
  my_printf("aaaa %s hhhhh", h2->name);
  my_printf("%s", city);
}

Then, replace by:

int foo() {
  int id;
  struct mydata h1, *h2, s1, *s2;
  char *city = "Hello";
  *my_printf("%m", s2);*
  *my_printf("hi hi %s gggg", &h1);*
  my_printf("1234 %d *%m* @ %d *%m* | *%m* -> city=%s", id, *s1.name
<http://s1.name>*, 12, *(*h2).name*, *h2->name*, city);
*  my_printf("aaaa %s hhhhh", h2);*
  my_printf("%s", city);
}

But, I've read again the other samples and the documentation. therefore, I
didn't figure out how it should be. btw, thank you Julia for the suggestion
performing the *Ocalm/make_expr/replace*. (Due to something wrong with the
Coccinelle distributed by Brew/Osx. I just rewrote your sample using Python
and the result was the same. But, I can't just replace all "%s" by "%m". As
I said, it should be only if the "%s" was declared to use "mydata->name".

so, I still fighting yet. thanks in Advance.

Regards,
> Markus
>