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| author | Greg Dietsche <Gregory.Dietsche@cuw.edu> | 2011-11-05 20:59:44 -0500 |
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| committer | Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> | 2012-01-14 22:25:56 +0100 |
| commit | f95ab20972cfefa8ee5428d6c3afd4cb8eacabf4 (patch) | |
| tree | 545ecec1bbb70e0172be353a4a25446bb85371d1 /Documentation/coccinelle.txt | |
| parent | d0bc1fb4672b978b608400a5112249cdbc28f9ae (diff) | |
coccinelle.txt: update documentation to include M= option
Adding documentation for the new M= option which limits Coccinelle
to a specific set of directories.
Signed-off-by: Greg Dietsche <Gregory.Dietsche@cuw.edu>
Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/coccinelle.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/coccinelle.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt index 96b690348ba1..cf44eb6499b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt +++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt @@ -102,9 +102,15 @@ or make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MODE=report - Using Coccinelle on (modified) files -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Controlling Which Files are Processed by Coccinelle +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +By default the entire kernel source tree is checked. + +To apply Coccinelle to a specific directory, M= can be used. +For example, to check drivers/net/wireless/ one may write: + make coccicheck M=drivers/net/wireless/ + To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the following command may be used: |