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-rw-r--r--Documentation/coccinelle.txt11
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/coccicheck2
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
index dffa2d620d6d..18de78599dd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ 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:
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ MODE variable explained above.
In this mode, there is no information about semantic patches
displayed, and no commit message proposed.
+ Additional flags
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Additional flags can be passed to spatch through the SPFLAGS
+variable.
+
+ make SPFLAGS=--use_glimpse coccicheck
+
+See spatch --help to learn more about spatch options.
Proposing new semantic patches
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index cdde8e0670aa..6d492c096ade 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ else
VERBOSE=0
fi
-FLAGS="-very_quiet"
+FLAGS="$SPFLAGS -very_quiet"
# spatch only allows include directories with the syntax "-I include"
# while gcc also allows "-Iinclude" and "-include include"