Re: [PATCH] coccicheck: return proper error code on check fail
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
Re: [PATCH] coccicheck: return proper error code on check fail
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.
Re: [PATCH] coccicheck: return proper error code on check fail
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Denis Efremov wrote: > > Do you mean that there is an error in the behavior of coccicheck or that > > coccicheck finds an error in the source code? > > An error in the source code. > > Here is an example of how the patch changes the behavior of 'make > coccicheck' (my comments after the ###): > Current behavior: > $ make M=mymodule coccicheck > mymodule/file1.c:97:4-14: ERROR: Assignment of bool to non-0/1 constant > mymodule/file2.c:104:4-19: ERROR: Assignment of bool to non-0/1 constant > mymodule/file2.c:577:1-15: code aligned with following code on line 583 > mymodule/file3.c:439:5-10: Unneeded variable: "error". Return "0" on line 449 > mymodule/file4.c:451:5-7: Unneeded variable: "rc". Return "0" on line 455 > mymodule/file5.c:433:5-8: Unneeded variable: "ret". Return "0" on line 607 > mymodule/file6.c:433:5-10: Unneeded variable: "error". Return "0" on line 440 > mymodule/file7.c:774:2-3: Unneeded semicolon > coccicheck failed ### <-- Check failed Are you sure that this coccicheck failed has any connection to the various messages printed above it? Normally Coccinelle has no idea about the semantics of messages printed using python script code. I'm not sure what would cause it to return an error code because a particular script was activated. julia > $ echo $? > 0 ### <-- But error code signals that everthing is OK > > After this patch: > $ make M=mymodule coccicheck > ... > coccicheck failed > make: *** [Makefile:1636: coccicheck] Error 2 > $ echo $? > 2 ### <-- The patch changes error code > > Why does this matter? > 1) Because it's clear from the source code that the original intention > was to return an error code of checking command, not the "echo > 'coccicheck failed'" command. > 2) Automated testing systems (CI, for example) rely on the return code. >
Re: [PATCH] coccicheck: return proper error code on check fail
> Do you mean that there is an error in the behavior of coccicheck or that > coccicheck finds an error in the source code? An error in the source code. Here is an example of how the patch changes the behavior of 'make coccicheck' (my comments after the ###): Current behavior: $ make M=mymodule coccicheck mymodule/file1.c:97:4-14: ERROR: Assignment of bool to non-0/1 constant mymodule/file2.c:104:4-19: ERROR: Assignment of bool to non-0/1 constant mymodule/file2.c:577:1-15: code aligned with following code on line 583 mymodule/file3.c:439:5-10: Unneeded variable: "error". Return "0" on line 449 mymodule/file4.c:451:5-7: Unneeded variable: "rc". Return "0" on line 455 mymodule/file5.c:433:5-8: Unneeded variable: "ret". Return "0" on line 607 mymodule/file6.c:433:5-10: Unneeded variable: "error". Return "0" on line 440 mymodule/file7.c:774:2-3: Unneeded semicolon coccicheck failed ### <-- Check failed $ echo $? 0 ### <-- But error code signals that everthing is OK After this patch: $ make M=mymodule coccicheck ... coccicheck failed make: *** [Makefile:1636: coccicheck] Error 2 $ echo $? 2 ### <-- The patch changes error code Why does this matter? 1) Because it's clear from the source code that the original intention was to return an error code of checking command, not the "echo 'coccicheck failed'" command. 2) Automated testing systems (CI, for example) rely on the return code.
Re: [PATCH] coccicheck: return proper error code on check fail
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, efre...@linux.com wrote:
> If coccicheck finds errors,
What do you mean by finds errors? Do you mean that there is an error in
the behavior of coccicheck or that coccicheck finds an error in the source
code?
To put it another way, can you give an example of the kind of error you
are concerned about?
thanks,
julia
> it should return an error code
> distinct from zero. Current code instead of exiting with an
> error code of coccinelle returns error code of
> 'echo "coccicheck failed"' which is almost always equals to zero,
> thus failing original intention of alerting about errors.
> This patch fixes the problem.
>
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov
> ---
> scripts/coccicheck | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
> index 9fedca611b7f..e04d328210ac 100755
> --- a/scripts/coccicheck
> +++ b/scripts/coccicheck
> @@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ run_cmd_parmap() {
> fi
> echo $@ >>$DEBUG_FILE
> $@ 2>>$DEBUG_FILE
> - if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
> + err=$?
> + if [[ $err -ne 0 ]]; then
> echo "coccicheck failed"
> - exit $?
> + exit $err
> fi
> }
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
>
[PATCH] coccicheck: return proper error code on check fail
If coccicheck finds errors, it should return an error code
distinct from zero. Current code instead of exiting with an
error code of coccinelle returns error code of
'echo "coccicheck failed"' which is almost always equals to zero,
thus failing original intention of alerting about errors.
This patch fixes the problem.
Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov
---
scripts/coccicheck | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index 9fedca611b7f..e04d328210ac 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ run_cmd_parmap() {
fi
echo $@ >>$DEBUG_FILE
$@ 2>>$DEBUG_FILE
- if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+ err=$?
+ if [[ $err -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "coccicheck failed"
- exit $?
+ exit $err
fi
}
--
2.17.1
