Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content

Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.ksummit,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.workflows
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:25:07 +0200
Laurent Pinchart <[email protected]> wrote:

> > > > + - Purely mechanical transformations like variable renaming  
> 
> Mechanical transformations are often performed with Coccinelle. Given
> how you mention that tool below, I wouldn't frame it as out of scope
> here.

Agreed. Tooling that performs "mechanical transformations like variable
renaming" is definitely in scope of this document. The number of times I've
seen this "simple" activity make mistakes. It most definitely should be
disclosed if a tool helped in this regard.

Anyway,

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

-- Steve
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