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Re: [Cocci] [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel

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> I'm not sure that this is worth it.  It adds a dependency on a tool
> that seems not to be well maintained.

Would any developers like to achieve further software improvements by
additional means?
How are the chances for corresponding progress from an approach like in
a repository by Luis?
https://github.com/mcgrof/glimpse


> In terms of Coccinelle, I'm not sure that it gives a big benefit.

Under which circumstances will the indexing efforts pay off?


> Attached is a graph showing the file selection time for Coccinelle for a
> selection of fairly complex semantic patches.

Would you like to share more information about test cases for this report?
Which scripts measured the shown data points?

Regards,
Markus

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[PATCH v2 0/8] coccicheck: modernize "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-06-17 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-06-17 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2016-06-17 11:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-06-17 17:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2016-06-17 17:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-06-18 03:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2016-06-18 08:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-06-20 21:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2016-06-18 12:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the kernel Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2016-06-18 12:40 +0200
      Re: [Cocci] [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the  kernel SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-06-17 17:30 +0200
        Re: [Cocci] [PATCH v2 4/8] scripts: add glimpse.sh for indexing the  kernel Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2016-06-17 18:20 +0200
  [PATCH v2 2/8] coccicheck: enable parmap support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-06-17 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v2 7/8] coccicheck: refer to coccicheck bottest wiki for documentation "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-06-17 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v2 5/8] coccicheck: replace --very-quiet with --quit when debugging "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-06-17 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH v2 8/8] scripts/coccinelle: require coccinelle >= 1.0.4 on device_node_continue.cocci "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-06-17 00:40 +0200

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