* Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [Cocci] [RFC PATCH 12/25] parsing_c: cpp_token_c: Introduce MACROANNOTATION hint
@ 2020-04-24 12:40 Markus Elfring
0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Markus Elfring @ 2020-04-24 12:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jaskaran Singh; +Cc: linux-kernel-mentees, cocci
> A better way of denoting attributes is to pass attribute information
> from SmPL to the C parser.
Such information sounds promising.
> However, a temporary solution is to introduce a MACROANNOTATION hint
> to cpp_token_c.ml so that the parser can identify attributes easily.
Have you got any development ideas which would not need the introduction
of “temporary” approaches?
> This hint can be used as follows in standard.h, the user provided
> macro-defs file or the given C file itself:
>
> #define __attribute_name MACROANNOTATION
Can it make sense to work with a function-like macro at such places?
#define USE_ANNOTATION(info) info ITEM_ANNOTATION
Regards,
Markus
_______________________________________________
Linux-kernel-mentees mailing list
Linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-kernel-mentees
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] only message in thread
only message in thread, other threads:[~2020-04-24 12:40 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: (only message) (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2020-04-24 12:40 [Linux-kernel-mentees] [Cocci] [RFC PATCH 12/25] parsing_c: cpp_token_c: Introduce MACROANNOTATION hint Markus Elfring
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).