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Date:   Tue, 7 Apr 2020 17:03:30 +0100
From:   Alex Dewar <alex.dewar@gmx.co.uk>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
Cc:     cocci@systeme.lip6.fr, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@lip6.fr>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@imag.fr>,
        Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
        Enrico Weigelt <lkml@metux.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: zalloc-simple: Fix patch mode for
 dma_alloc_coherent()
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On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 09:06:46AM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > Commit dfd32cad146e ("dma-mapping: remove dma_zalloc_coherent()"), in
> > removing dma_zalloc_coherent() treewide, inadvertently removed the pat=
ch
> > rule for dma_alloc_coherent(), leaving Coccinelle unable to auto-gener=
ate
> > patches for this case. Fix this.
>
> I suggest to reconsider also the distribution of recipients for your pat=
ch
> according to the fields =E2=80=9CCc=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CTo=E2=80=9D.

Good point.

>
> Will the software development attention grow in a way so that further
> implementation details can be adjusted also for the mentioned SmPL scrip=
t?

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Would you mind clarifying?

Best,
Alex

>
> Regards,
> Markus