'coccicheck' target is used to initiate Coccinelle checker. It
can be called via four different modes that generate different
output corresponding the mode.
The four modes are:
* 'patch' proposes a fix, when possible.
* 'report' generates a list in the following format:
file:line:column-column: message
* 'context' highlights lines of interest and their context in
a diff-like style. Lines of interest are indicated with '-'.
* 'org' generates a report in the Org mode format of Emacs.
The 'coccicheck' front-end can be called with suitable arguments:
* --mode=<mode>: specify the mode for processsing.
* --cocci=<path/to/foo.cocci>: specify the SmPL file to use.
* --verbose=<1>: enable verbose output.
Run `./scripts/coccicheck --help` for more detailed info
on various options available.
With the above arguments the coccinelle transformation engine
runs on the entire/part of the source code tree depending on
various options supplied to the coccicheck sanity checker.
More detailed documentation can be found at:
doc/application/coccinelle.rst
Cc: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@gmail.com>
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