Re: [PATCH] coccicheck: return proper error code on check fail

From: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@gmail.com>
To: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>,
	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
	"Luis R . Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@imag.fr>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@lip6.fr>,
	Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ldv-project@linuxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coccicheck: return proper error code on check fail
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 23:53:58 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180810182358.GA5302@himanshu-Vostro-3559> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADKZ3F+UzwTbcKBHDYQnoFFgWiVoDbxZzBb=PQjMn2x-T26jHg@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 05:45:46PM +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
> My mistake. Initially, I thought that this line signals about errors
> in the code, but now I see that this is about the tool's internal
> error. However, this doesn't change the fact that coccicheck returns
> the improper error code.
> 
> I will reformulate the commit message and send the v2 patch with the
> same diff. Thank you for clarifying things.

I would also request to use the latest source from 
https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle

Because some distribution supplied coccinelle packages are
obsolete and likely more prone to be disfunctional.

For instance: https://systeme.lip6.fr/pipermail/cocci/2017-December/004799.html

Thanks.
-- 
Himanshu Jha
Undergraduate Student
Department of Electronics & Communication
Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology