When debugging (using --profile or --show-trying) you want to avoid supressing output, use --quiet instead. While at it, extend documentation for SPFLAGS use.
For instance one can use: $ export COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/misc/irqf_oneshot.cocci $ make coccicheck DEBUG_FILE="poo.err" MODE=report SPFLAGS="--profile --show-trying" M=./drivers/mfd/arizona-irq.c v2: use egrep instead of the *"=--option"* check, this doesn't work for disjunctions. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcg...@kernel.org> --- scripts/coccicheck | 20 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck index 30f5a531ad34..f3a7d9fe9bc9 100755 --- a/scripts/coccicheck +++ b/scripts/coccicheck @@ -159,7 +159,25 @@ else NPROC="$J" fi -FLAGS="$SPFLAGS --very-quiet" +# You can use SPFLAGS to append extra arguments to coccicheck. +# A good example is if you want to debug your cocci script, you can +# for instance use the following: +# +# $ export COCCI=scripts/coccinelle/misc/irqf_oneshot.cocci +# $ time make coccicheck MODE=report DEBUG_FILE="all.err" SPFLAGS="--profile --show-trying" M=./drivers/mfd/arizona-irq.c +# +# "--show-trying" should show you what rule is being processed as it goes to +# stdout, you do not need a debug file for that. The profile output will be +# be sent to stdout, if you provide a DEBUG_FILE the profiling data can be +# inspected there. +# +# --profile will not output if --very-quiet is used, so avoid it. +echo $SPFLAGS | egrep -e "--profile|--show-trying" 2>&1 > /dev/null +if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then + FLAGS="--quiet $SPFLAGS" +else + FLAGS="--very-quiet $SPFLAGS" +fi # spatch only allows include directories with the syntax "-I include" # while gcc also allows "-Iinclude" and "-include include" -- 2.8.2