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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:21:51 +0000
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Hello,

I have taken another look also at places from two information sources.

A)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Makefile?id=cdd3bb54332f82295ed90cd0c09c78cd0c0ee822#n201

“…
# Use 'make C=1' to enable checking of only re-compiled files.
# Use 'make C=2' to enable checking of *all* source files, regardless
# of whether they are re-compiled or not.
…”

B)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst?id=cdd3bb54332f82295ed90cd0c09c78cd0c0ee822#n182

“…
To check only newly edited code, use the value 2 for the C flag, i.e.::
…”


How good do these description variants fit together?

Regards,
Markus