Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6

* 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: (39 commits)
  Revert "namespace: add source file location exceptions"
  Coccinelle: Add contextual message
  Coccinelle: Fix documentation
  Coccinelle: Find doubled arguments to boolean or bit operators.
  Coccinelle: Find nested lock+irqsave functions that use the same flags variables.
  namespace: add source file location exceptions
  scripts/extract-ikconfig: add support for bzip2, lzma and lzo
  kbuild: check return value of asprintf()
  scripts/namespace.pl: improve to get more correct results
  scripts/namespace.pl: some bug fixes
  scripts/namespace.pl: update file exclusion list
  scripts/namespace.pl: fix wrong source path
  Coccinelle: Use the -no_show_diff option for org and report mode
  Coccinelle: Add a new mode named 'chain'
  Coccinelle: Use new comment format to explain kfree.cocci
  Coccinelle: Improve user information with a new kind of comment
  Coccinelle: Update documentation
  MAINTAINERS: Coccinelle: Update email address
  Documentation/kbuild: modules.txt cleanup
  Documentation/kbuild: major edit of modules.txt sections 5-8
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diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/drop_kmalloc_cast.cocci
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index 0000000..7d4771d
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+///
+/// Casting (void *) value returned by kmalloc is useless
+/// as mentioned in Documentation/CodingStyle, Chap 14.
+///
+// Confidence: High
+// Copyright: 2009,2010 Nicolas Palix, DIKU.  GPLv2.
+// URL: http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
+// Options: -no_includes -include_headers
+//
+// Keywords: kmalloc, kzalloc, kcalloc
+// Version min: < 2.6.12 kmalloc
+// Version min: < 2.6.12 kcalloc
+// Version min:   2.6.14 kzalloc
+//
+
+virtual context
+virtual patch
+virtual org
+virtual report
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------
+//  For context mode
+//----------------------------------------------------------
+
+@depends on context@
+type T;
+@@
+
+* (T *)
+  \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...)
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------
+//  For patch mode
+//----------------------------------------------------------
+
+@depends on patch@
+type T;
+@@
+
+- (T *)
+  \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...)
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------
+//  For org and report mode
+//----------------------------------------------------------
+
+@r depends on org || report@
+type T;
+position p;
+@@
+
+ (T@p *)\(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(...)
+
+@script:python depends on org@
+p << r.p;
+t << r.T;
+@@
+
+coccilib.org.print_safe_todo(p[0], t)
+
+@script:python depends on report@
+p << r.p;
+t << r.T;
+@@
+
+msg="WARNING: casting value returned by k[cmz]alloc to (%s *) is useless." % (t)
+coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)