Re: [cocci] Can we match a known macro by macro name instead of expanded function name?

> What seems to happen with --dir and using the following rule
> 
> @r@
> typedef syscall_define_t;
> identifier fn;
> @@
> syscall_define_t fn(...) {...}
> 
> is that spatch filters .c files early by raw text search for "syscall_define_t", before it actually processes patterns.

Would you find another SmPL code variant helpful?

@display@
typedef syscall_define_t;
identifier fn;
@@
 syscall_define_t
*fn(...)
 {
 ...
 }



Did you notice any hints from a test of a known program parameter?

Markus_Elfring@Sonne:…/Projekte/Coccinelle/Probe> /usr/bin/spatch --parse-cocci example_for_Tobias_Deiminger-20251201.cocci
…
Grep query
syscall_define_t


> is that spatch filters .c files early by raw text search for "syscall_define_t", before it actually processes patterns.

See also once more:
coccigrep
https://gitlab.inria.fr/coccinelle/coccinelle/-/blob/4c9d00ae071800cb447efaffd753f3bb2be28800/docs/manual/spatch_options.tex#L235-245
https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/4c9d00ae071800cb447efaffd753f3bb2be28800/docs/manual/spatch_options.tex#L235-L245

Regards,
Markus