From f95ab20972cfefa8ee5428d6c3afd4cb8eacabf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Dietsche Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 20:59:44 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Acked-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Michal Marek --- Documentation/coccinelle.txt | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt index 96b690348ba..cf44eb6499b 100644 --- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt +++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt @@ -102,9 +102,15 @@ or make coccicheck 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: