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authorHimanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@gmail.com>2018-08-13 16:16:38 +0530
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-08-31 16:51:59 -0600
commit9eff4a2e92a2ea8e8364976a699e3a03937c3457 (patch)
tree8ad7917338aa8bfda954f0b8a42c7075540a0412 /Documentation/dev-tools
parent9799445af124c2476c7e0cc5432375348b6a4724 (diff)
docs: dev-tools: coccinelle: Update documentation
* Fix install instruction by adding `./autogen` command before `./configure`. * Add link to a more detailed installation instruction. * Add link to SmPL grammar documentation. * Add single space after ',' to slightly improve readability. Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@gmail.com> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst
index 94f41c290bfc..aa14f05cabb1 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst
@@ -30,18 +30,29 @@ of many distributions, e.g. :
- NetBSD
- FreeBSD
-You can get the latest version released from the Coccinelle homepage at
+Some distribution packages are obsolete and it is recommended
+to use the latest version released from the Coccinelle homepage at
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
-Once you have it, run the following command::
+Or from Github at:
- ./configure
+https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle
+
+Once you have it, run the following commands::
+
+ ./autogen
+ ./configure
make
as a regular user, and install it with::
sudo make install
+More detailed installation instructions to build from source can be
+found at:
+
+https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/master/install.txt
+
Supplemental documentation
---------------------------
@@ -51,6 +62,10 @@ https://bottest.wiki.kernel.org/coccicheck
The wiki documentation always refers to the linux-next version of the script.
+For Semantic Patch Language(SmPL) grammar documentation refer to:
+
+http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/documentation.php
+
Using Coccinelle on the Linux kernel
------------------------------------
@@ -223,7 +238,7 @@ Since coccicheck runs through make, it naturally runs from the kernel
proper dir, as such the second rule above would be implied for picking up a
.cocciconfig when using ``make coccicheck``.
-``make coccicheck`` also supports using M= targets.If you do not supply
+``make coccicheck`` also supports using M= targets. If you do not supply
any M= target, it is assumed you want to target the entire kernel.
The kernel coccicheck script has::