On Tue, 21 Jul 2020, Markus Elfring wrote:

> …
> > +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup_user.cocci
> > @@ -39,6 +39,28 @@ …
> …
> > +@depends on patch@
> > +expression from,to,size;
> > +identifier l1,l2;
> > +@@
> > +
> > +-  to = \(kvmalloc\|kvzalloc\)(size,\(GFP_KERNEL\|GFP_USER\));
> > ++  to = vmemdup_user(from,size);
>
> I propose to combine the desired adjustment with the previous SmPL rule
> by using another disjunction.
>
>
> > +@rv depends on !patch@
> > +expression from,to,size;
> > +position p;
> > +statement S1,S2;
> > +@@
> > +
> > +*  to = \(kvmalloc@p\|kvzalloc@p\)(size,\(GFP_KERNEL\|GFP_USER\));
> > +   if (to==NULL || ...) S1
> > +   if (copy_from_user(to, from, size) != 0)
> > +   S2
>
> * Can it be helpful to omit the SmPL asterisk functionality from
>   the operation modes “org” and “report”?
>
> * Should the operation mode “context” work without an extra position metavariable?

This is fine as is in all three aspects.

julia