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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: Coccinelle <cocci@systeme.lip6.fr>
Subject: Re: [Cocci] Software analysis with SmPL around unchecked pointer function calls
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:32:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a878a7cc-a5dd-40f8-34a4-00e736315505@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1910181805380.3697@hadrien>

>> @display@
>> expression* x, y;
>> @@
>> *y = (x)(...);
>>  ... when != y
>
> device_link_add does not look like a function pointer.

Can a known function name be equivalent to a function pointer?

See also:
https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/language/pointer#Pointers_to_functions
https://denniskubes.com/2013/03/22/basics-of-function-pointers-in-c/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_pointer#Example_in_C
https://www.learncpp.com/cpp-tutorial/78-function-pointers/

Does the semantic patch language (Coccinelle software) need an extra
data type conversion?

Regards,
Markus
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  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-18 16:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-10 12:56 [Cocci] Software analysis with SmPL around unchecked function calls Markus Elfring
2019-10-10 13:13 ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-10 13:35   ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-10 13:38     ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-10 14:04       ` Markus Elfring
     [not found]         ` <alpine.DEB.2.21.1910101606420.2305@hadrien>
2019-10-10 14:15           ` Markus Elfring
     [not found]             ` <alpine.DEB.2.21.1910102053440.2500@hadrien>
2019-10-11  5:11               ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-11  6:07                 ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-11  7:03                   ` Markus Elfring
     [not found]                     ` <alpine.DEB.2.21.1910110906390.2662@hadrien>
2019-10-11  7:30                       ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-11  9:23                       ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-10 16:25       ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-18 12:54   ` [Cocci] Software analysis with SmPL around unchecked pointer " Markus Elfring
2019-10-18 13:31     ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-18 13:42       ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-18 13:49         ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-18 14:20           ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-18 14:30             ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-18 14:34               ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-18 14:39                 ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-18 14:46                   ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-18 14:52                     ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-18 14:56                       ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-18 16:00       ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-18 16:06         ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-18 16:32           ` Markus Elfring [this message]
2019-10-19 15:33         ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-19 15:41           ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-19 16:04             ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-19 19:40             ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-20  5:42               ` Julia Lawall
2019-10-20  6:04                 ` Markus Elfring
2019-10-20  9:22                 ` Markus Elfring

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