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-rw-r--r--Documentation/coccinelle.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/coccicheck11
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
index cf44eb6499b4..dffa2d620d6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ As any static code analyzer, Coccinelle produces false
positives. Thus, reports must be carefully checked, and patches
reviewed.
+To enable verbose messages set the V= variable, for example:
+
+ make coccicheck MODE=report V=1
+
Using Coccinelle with a single semantic patch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index 1a49d1c7ecfe..f8f15a269e1a 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
SPATCH="`which ${SPATCH:=spatch}`"
+# The verbosity may be set by the environmental parameter V=
+# as for example with 'make V=1 coccicheck'
+
+if [ -n "$V" -a "$V" != "0" ]; then
+ VERBOSE=1
+else
+ VERBOSE=0
+fi
+
if [ "$C" = "1" -o "$C" = "2" ]; then
ONLINE=1
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ coccinelle () {
#
# $SPATCH -D $MODE $FLAGS -parse_cocci $COCCI $OPT > /dev/null
- if [ "$ONLINE" = "0" ] ; then
+ if [ $VERBOSE -ne 0 ] ; then
FILE=`echo $COCCI | sed "s|$srctree/||"`